Kalaha

Posted on June 9, 2011 by manuscrypts

The wife of a brahmin named Bhikshu in Saurashtra. She used to do the exact opposite of what her husband told her. So the brahmin told her things accordingly. But once he forgot that when the offerings for a dead person were to be floated in the Ganga river. She threw it in the excretion pit, and was thus forced to be born of a pisacha. Later Dharmadatta used the Dwadashakshari mantra in the month of Karthika to get her redemption. They were both later born as Kausalya and Dasaratha, as per Anandaramayana Sarakanda and padmapurana Uttarakanda. See Dharmadatta

Kalavati (1)

Posted on June 9, 2011 by manuscrypts

The daughter of a king of Kashi. She worshiped Durvasa and became an enlightened person by receiving the Shaivapanchakshara. She was later married to the king of Mathura Dasharha. Once, when he touched her, he felt very hot. She replied that she possessed the mantra and sinners would feel hot when they touched her. The king was disappointed and she took him to the sage Garga to rid him off his sins. The sage dipped him in the Kalindi river and when he arose from it, he felt his sins take the form of a bird and flew away. The king returned to the palace and hugged his wife. A son was born to them later as per Shivapurana Panchaksharamahatmya.