Khyāti

Khyāti

Khyāti is a name used for more than one person and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Khyāti: the wife of Bhṛgu Muni and mother of Devī Lakshmī; Khyāti is also a name of Lakshmī in the aṅgapūjā of the Śrīpañcamī vrata. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 37
• Khyāti (Son of Puru): one of the six sons of Puru and Āgneyī in the line of Cākshusha Manu, a brother of Aṅga. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2

Places

• Khyāti (River): the sixth of the seven chief rivers of Krauñcadvīpa, the dvīpa ringed by the ocean of cream. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20