चूलि

{ cūli }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

CŪLI   A sage. Once Somadā, daughter of a gandharva women Ūrmilā, looked after this sage and well pleased with her service he asked her what she wanted and Somadā asked for a son by him. Cūli gave her a spiritual son of his and the boy was named Brahmadatta. This Brahmadatta married the hundred hunch-backed daughters of Kuśanābha. [Bāla Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa] .

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चूलि n.  एक ऋषि । यह तपस्या कर रहा था । सोमदा नामक गंधर्वी इसकी सेवा कर रही थी । तपश्चर्या पूर्ण होने के बाद, गंधर्वी ने पुत्रप्राप्ति की इच्छा दर्शाई । इसने एक मानसपुत्र निर्माण कर के उसे दिया । उसका नाम ब्रह्मदत्त [वा.रा.बा.३३] ।