जितवती

{ jitavatī }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

JITAVATĪ   A daughter of King Uśīnara. She was the most beautiful woman in the world. She was the friend of the wife of a Vasu named Dyau. It was because of the words of this Jitavatī that the Aṣṭavasus (the eight Vasus) stole the cow Nandinī of Vasiṣṭha, and by the curse of Vasiṣṭha had to take birth in the womb of women on earth. (See under Gaṅgā, Para 7).

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

जितवती n.  उशीनर की कन्या तथा द्यू नामक वसु की भार्या ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

जित—वती  f.  f. ‘Victrix’, N. of a daughter of उशीनर, [MBh. i, 3940.]

ROOTS:

जित वती