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चित्राङ्गदा f. f.
N. of an अप्सरस्, [MBh. xiii, 1424]
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Daughter of Viśvakarmā. Once while she was bathing in a pond along with her companions in the forest of Naimiśa Prince Suratha, son of Sudeva, came that way. Seeing him Citrāṅgadā told her companions “This beautiful young man is in love. I must give myself to him”. Though her companions objected to her doing this, waving aside the objections Citrāṅgadā approached Suratha. When Viśvakarmā knew about this he was extremely angry and cursed her saying that she would never have a marriage. Citrāṅgadā fainted when she heard the curse and her companions tried their best to wake her up, but failed. They then took her to be dead and left the place in search of firewood and other things to conduct a funeral. When Citrāṅgadā woke up she looked around for her companions and finding none including her lover, the prince, she ran and threw herself into the river, Sarasvatī. That river pushed her down to river Gomatī and that river in turn washed her ashore a huge forest. There she was met by the sage Ṛtadhvaja. Knowing her sad tale the sage felt compassion for her and cursed Viśvakarmā to be born as a monkey. Then he let her marry her lover and blessed them. [Chapters 63 and 64, Vāmana Purāṇa] .
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of a wife of अर्जुन (daughter of चित्र-वाहन and mother of बभ्रु-वाहन), i, xiv
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CITRĀṄGADĀ I A celestial maiden. Once this girl gave a dance in the court of Kubera in honour of Aṣṭāvakra. [Śloka 44, Chapter 19, Anuśāsana Parva] .
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