Vrishanashva

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Vrishanashva is a king mentioned in the Rigveda and Brahmanas. Menaka is identified as his daughter in these texts.

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in Rigveda, one of the oldest texts of the Vedic corpus.

Relationships

parent of
Menaka

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Menaka is not identified as an apsara but is mentioned instead as the daughter of a king named Vrishanashva. Although apsaras are attested in Vedic literature, there is no mythological narrative involving Menaka in these early texts”

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