Mandapala
MANDAPALA.
[Source:
Dowson's Classical Dictionary
of Hindu Mythology] A childless
saint, who, according to the Mahabharata, after long perseverance in
devotion and asceticism, died and went to the abode of Yama. His desires
being still unsatisfied, he inquired the cause, and was told that all
his devotions had failed because he had no son, no putra (put, 'hell,' tra, 'drawer'),
to save him from hell. He then assumed the form of a species of bird called
Sarngika, and by a female of that species, who was called Jarita, he had four
sons.
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Modern
Languages MLLL-4993. Indian Epics. Laura Gibbs, Ph.D.
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