Menaka

Menaka
Menaka
Menaka seduces Vishvamitra, painting by Raja Ravi Varma
AffiliationApsara
AbodeSvarga
Genealogy
Children

Menaka (Sanskrit: मेनका, lit.'incomparable', IAST: Menakā)[2] is a apsara (heavenly nymph) in Hindu literature.[3]

  1. ^ PC Roy Mahabharata link: http://www.holybooks.com/mahabharata-all-volumes-in-12-pdf-files/
  2. ^ www.wisdomlib.org (16 June 2012). "Menaka, Menakā, Menake: 19 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. ^ Devdutt Pattanaik (2000). The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. p. 67.