Vṛddhā

Vṛddhā

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

People

• Vṛddhā: the daughter of King Ṛtadhvaja and the gandharva princess Suśyāmā, who kept tapas alone for ages in a cave of the Himālaya and married the brāhmaṇa Gautama, called after her Vṛddha-gautama. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 37

Places

• Vṛddhā-nadī: the holy river born from the bath by which the Gautamī gave beauty to Gautama and his aged wife; it bears her name and joins the Gautamī at Vṛddha-saṅgama. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 37