Damayanti

Damayanti (Sanskrit: दमयंती) is a character in a love story found in the Vana Parva book of the Mahabharata.[1] She was a princess of the Vidarbha Kingdom, who married King Nala of the Nishadha Kingdom. The character is also found in other Hindu texts by many authors in numerous Indian languages.[2] She, along with Nala, are the central characters in the 12th century text Nishadha Charita, one of the five mahakavyas (great epic poems) in the canon of Sanskrit literature,[3][4]:136 written by Sriharsha.

For other uses, see Damayanti (disambiguation).
For people with the name, see Damayanti (given name)

Damayanti
Damayanti and the swan
In-universe information
AffiliationCharacter of Mahabharata
SpouseNala
  • Damayanti and the Swan
  • Damayanti choosing her husband
  • "Nala-Damayanti", A painting by Raja Ravi Varma

Translations

Norman Mosley Penzer translated the tale of Nala and Damayanti in 1926.[5]

See also

References
  1. J. A. B. van Buitenen (1981). The Mahabharata, Volume 2. University of Chicago Press. pp. 318–322. ISBN 978-0-226-84664-4.
  2. Roshen Dalal (2010). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin Books. pp. 109, 191, 282, 316. ISBN 978-0-14-341421-6.
  3. The Indian Encyclopaedia. Genesis Publishing. p. 5079.
  4. C.Kunhan Raja. Survey of Sanskrit Literature. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. pp. 136, 146–148.
  5. S. M. E. (April 1927). "Nala and Damayanti by Norman M. Penzer". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (2): 363–364. JSTOR 25221149.

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