Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu. Text 48

तस्यां ससर्ज दुहितॄः षोडशामललोचनाः ।
त्रयोदशादाद्धर्माय तथैकामग्नये विभुः ॥४८॥

tasyÄá¹ sasarja duhitá¹á¸¥
á¹£oá¸aÅ›Ämala-locanÄḥ
trayodaÅ›ÄdÄd dharmÄya
tathaikÄm agnaye vibhuḥ

 tasyÄm - unto her; sasarja - created; duhitá¹á¸¥ - daughters; á¹£oá¸aÅ›a - sixteen; amala-locanÄḥ - with lotuslike eyes; trayodaÅ›a - thirteen; adÄt - gave; dharmÄya - to Dharma; tathÄ - so; ekÄm - one daughter; agnaye - to Agni; vibhuḥ - Daká¹£a.


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Dakṣa begot sixteen very beautiful daughters with lotuslike eyes in his wife Prasūti. Of these sixteen daughters, thirteen were given in marriage to Dharma, and one daughter was given to Agni.

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