The daughter of the sage Mankana.

There was once a town called Ikshumati, situated on the banks of a river by the same name. It was built by Vishwamitra. Mankana had built a hermitage by the river and meditated there. Once Menaka visited the place, and when the wind moved her garment and offered a glimpse of her body, Mankana ejaculated at the sight. Immediately a girl was born from it and she was Kadaligarbha. After she grew up, a king named Dridhavarma, who had come hunting to the forest, married her with the sage’s permission.

The devas advised her to drop seeds on her way to the palace so that she could trace her way back to the hermitage with the help of the plants that would grow from it, in case her husband left her. Later, the king left her because of the rumours spread by a barber. Though she found her way back to the hermitage, Mankana took her back to the king as per Kathasaritasagara Madanamanjukalambaka Taranga 6.