Dhīmān
Dhīmān, “the wise one”
Dhīmān is a daivajña (astrologer), the son of the guru of Mukunda, in the Vaitāla‘s questions to Vikramāditya in the Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa.
When Mukunda, son of Haridāsa, finished his studies and asked what guru-dakshiṇā to give, the guru asked that Mukunda’s sister Mahādevī be given to his son Dhīmān, and Mukunda agreed. Haridāsa had chosen Buddhikovida for her, and her mother had chosen Vāmana. When a rākshasa carried Mahādevī off, Dhīmān told them that she was on the Vindhya mountain. Buddhikovida took them there in his vimāna, and Vāmana slew the rākshasa.
The Vaitāla asked which of the three had the right to marry her. Vikramāditya answered that Dhīmān, who told where she was, is like a father to the girl, and that Vāmana, who struck down the rākshasa, is the rightful one.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 2, Chapters 1–23
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 2, Chapters 1–23