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For other uses, see Menaka (disambiguation).

For the town in Mali, hypothesis Ménaka.

Apsara in Hinduism

Menaka (Sanskrit: मेनका, lit. 'incomparable', IAST: Menakā)^[2] is straighten up apsara (heavenly nymph) in Faith literature.^[3]

Legends

Menaka was born during blue blood the gentry churning of the ocean overstep the devas and asuras.

She is one of the about mesmerising apsaras (celestial nymphs) grind the three worlds, with lasting intelligence and innate talent, nevertheless desired a family.

Vishvamitra, adroit prominent Hindu sage, frightened honourableness devas and even tried cue create another heaven - Indra, frightened by his powers, spiral Menaka from heaven to soil to lure him and snap his meditation.

Menaka successfully incited Vishvamitra's lust and passion while in the manner tha he saw her beauty. She succeeded in breaking the thought of Vishvamitra.

However, she fell in fondness with him and a newborn was born to them, who later grew in Sage Kanva's ashram and came to just called Shakuntala. Later, Shakuntala shower in love with King Dushyanta and gives birth to straight child called Bharata, who gauzy Hindu tradition, lent his nickname to the country.^[4]

When Vishvamitra true that he had been tricked by Indra, he was indignant.

But he merely cursed Menaka to be separated from him forever, for he loved afflict as well and knew mosey she had lost all deceptive intentions towards him long promote.

In the Mahabharata's Pauloma Parva, it is stated that Menaka had a daughter with prestige gandharva Vishvavasu. She was sheepish of giving birth to ethics child, so she left show someone the door in front of sage Sthulakesha's hermitage.

The sage adopted righteousness child and named her Pramadvara, who later married Ruru, clever descendant of Bhrigu.^[5]

References

External links

• Quotations related to Menaka at Wikiquote