Character
达马扬蒂
दमयन्तीDamayantī
- verses
- 664
- books
- 9
- chapters
- 60
- Consort of
- 那拉
What the texts say
In the Mahabharata, Damayanti is the daughter of Bhima, king of Vidarbha. Mahabharata 3.66.1, 3.61.72 Hearing a swan's words about Nala, king of Nishadha, she grew restless in mind for him. Mahabharata 3.51.1, 3.54.25 At her svayamvara, the choosing of a husband, she chose him in accordance with dharma. Mahabharata 3.54.25 She then sent Sudeva, a brahmin, to King Rituparna of Ayodhya with word of another svayamvara, since it was not known whether Nala was alive or dead. Mahabharata 3.65.6, 3.68.21, 3.68.23 Nala and she had two children, a son Indrasena and a daughter. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 3.57.46
Where to read
Every verse that names 达马扬蒂, book by book.
- 6.1.111.28
在住于苏提尔塔修院的诸大牟尼之中,有一位名闻遐迩的女子,名为达摩延蒂,容颜皎美如满月之轮。
- 3.1.36.185
那拉,达摩衍蒂之夫,依摩诃拉雅仪轨,度过大难,重获此大地。
- 3.3.2.29
那位最上之王有一位贤德的爱妻,名为摩达衍蒂(Madayantī),声名远播,宛如那罗(Nala)之妻达摩衍蒂(Damayantī)。
- 6.1.111.28
Shiva Purana
6 verses · 3 chapters
Key chapters
The chapters where 达马扬蒂 matters most.
Damayantī’s Passage through the Wilderness
Central agent and sufferer
Damayantī’s Lament, Serpent-Seizure, Rescue by the Hunter, and the Curse
Central agent of pathos and moral force
Sudeva Identifies Damayantī in Cedi (सुदेवेन दमयन्ती-परिचयः)
The recognized heroine whose suffering, fidelity, and dignity…
दमयन्त्या वणिजां सार्थगमनम्, हस्तियूथविप्लवः, चेदिराजपुरप्रवेशश्च (Damayantī joins a caravan; elephant-herd catastrophe; entry into Cedi)
Central agent of fidelity and endurance
Damayantī’s Recognition by the Piplū Mark and Her Return to Vidarbha
Suffering heroine whose identity, dignity, and agency are…
Damayantī’s Svayaṃvara: Divine Disguises, Truth-Vow, and Choosing Nala
Agent of choice whose discernment and satya become the decisive…
Damayantī’s Dialogue with Bāhuka; Recognition and Disclosure
Moral interrogator and wounded spouse who converts private…
Adhyāya 73: Damayantī’s Investigation of Bāhuka (Keśinī’s Observations)
Investigator and suffering spouse who converts grief into…
Damayantī’s Message and the Dispatch of Brahmin Envoys
Strategist and moral petitioner
Parṇāda’s Report; Bāhuka’s Counsel; Damayantī’s Strategic Svayaṃvara Message (अध्याय ६८)
Strategist-heroine who converts grief into controlled action to…
Key episodes
Nala and Damayanti
Mahabharata 3.50-3.78
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