Satyavān

Satyavān, “truthful”

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

People

• Satyavān, Husband of Sāvitrī: the son of the blind king Dyumatsena and husband of Sāvitrī, who won his life back from Yama. Vishṇu Dharmottara Purāṇa, Uttarārdha, Chapters 4–7; Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapters 293–299; Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 194
• Satyavān of Tejahpura: a king of Tejahpura on the Gaṅgā, a devotee of Rāma who received Śatrughna and the Aśvamedha horse. Padma Purāṇa, Pātāla Khaṇḍa, Chapters 30–32