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एकपर्णा

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Script: Devanagari

एकपर्णा

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
EKAPARṆĀ   sister of Durgā. Ekaparṇā, Ekapāṭalā and Aparṇā were the three daughters of Himavān born of his wife Menā. Ekaparṇā ate only one leaf and Ekapāṭalā ate a bunch of leaves. Aparṇā did not eat even a leaf. Ekaparṇā was married to a sage called Devala and Ekapāṭalā to a sage called Jaigīṣavya. [Chapter 18, Hari Vaṁśa] . (see under Himavān).

एकपर्णा

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
एक—पर्णा  f. f.living upon one leaf’, N. of a younger sister of दुर्गा, [Hariv.]
   N. of दुर्गा, [L.]

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