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as if were the sage fell into a Kadali (plantain) tree and from both of them looked after Kasyapa they there arose a maiden, extremely beautiful. Because she direct sisters. was born from Kadali she was called mother and Vinata lived Kadallgarbha. 3) Kadru, of serpents. _ into a with them and Kadallgarbha grew up beautiful lady and one serving Kasyapa. Kasyapa was pleased a day a King named Drdhavarma came that way while asked them what boon they wanted. Kadru asked for asked hunting and seeing Kadallgarbha he fell in love with her thousand serpents to be born of her and Vinata and married her with the permission of Maiikanaka. for two sons who would be braver and more brilliant The Devas advised her to scatter mustard seeds on the than the sons of Kadru. Kasyapa granted them what to her became way husband's house and in case her husband they asked for and when Kadru and Vinata abandoned her she should be guided by the mustard pregnant he left for the forest. to return home. She did so. plants After some time Kadru delivered a thousand eggs and One the evil advice of a barber the in warm day by King Vinata two eggs. Both of them kept the eggs divorced her and she returned to the Asrama of by jars and after five hundred years the thousand eggs the mustard plants. But Marikanaka Vinata following young Kadru burst letting out a thousand serpents. took her back to the Madanaman- Out King. (Taraiiga 6, became impatient and broke open an egg of hers. . that jukalambaka, Kathasaritsagara) came from it a half developed being and was KADALIVANA. This is situated on the banks of grove Aruna. Aruna cursed her for being impatient and said which abounded in Kuberapuskarini Saugandhika "You let me out half developed because of your over- flowers. There were different kinds of fruits of of plantain anxiety and you will, therefore, become a servant hue in this resided in it. golden grove. Kadru. Keep the other egg for another five hundred . chapter 146, Vana Parva, of it M.B.). years. Then a very powerful son will come out KADAMBARl I. A river westwards in flowing Jambudvipa. and that son will relieve you of your servitude to In 5th Skandha it is said that this river its Bhagavata got Kadru". So saying he rose up in the air and became name "Kadambari" because it had the hollow trunk the charioteer of the sun. After five hundred years the of a Kadamba tree as its source. other egg of Vinata broke and Garuda came out. KADAMBARl II. An excellent book in story prose (Chapter 16, Adi Parva, M.B.) written in Sanskrit the Sanskrit by great poet sons of 4) Sons of Kadru. Names of the prominent Banabhatta. Kadambarl is the heroine of the story. Kadru are given below: KADHMOR. A saintly King. He is worthy of being Vasuki, Ugraka, remembered in the morning. (Chapter 165, Anusa- Sesa, Purananaga, Aryaka, Kapinjara, sana Parva). Airavata, Elaputra, Kalasapotaka, Taksaka, Savama, Dadhimukha, Dhananjaya, KADRU. Wife of Kasyapa and daughter of Daksapraja- Sumanas, Karkofaka, Nila, pati. Anila, Vimala, Kaliya, Kalmasa, Pindaka, Maninaga, Vali, 1) Genealogy. Descended from Visnu thus: Visnu Sabala, Apta, Sakha, Pindaraka, Hastipinda, Sumukha, Dak sa Kadru . Karavlra, Pitharaka, Sikha, Puspadarhstra, Bilva- 2) Kadru-- Wife or daughter ofKasyapa ? Whether KadrQ Nisfhanaka, Vilvaka, Kaunapas'ana, Hemaguha, Nahusa, Mrsnada, Kunjara, Pingala, was the wife or daughter of Kasyapa is a which pandura, Kujhara, question Kumuda, remains unanswered still in the . Chapter 65 of Samkha, Prabhakara, Bahyakarna, Sirapurna, Apara- . Bhasa Bharata states like this. Hastipada, Haridraka, Kumudaksa, Mudgara, The six Tittiri, Kambala, Jyotika, Halika, Asvatara, spiritual sons of Brahma are : Marici, Arigiras, jita, Kalikaka, Srivaha, Bahumulaka, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha and Kratu. Marici got a son Pannaga, Kardama, Samvrtta, Dhrtaraslra, named Kasyapa and he married the thirteen daughters Vrtta, Kauravya, Karkara, Kundodara, Sariikha- of Daksa, namely, , Did, Kala, Danayus, Danu, Arkara, Patta, Samkhapinda, Mahodara. Kusmandaka, Virajas, Sirhhika, Krodha, Pradha, Visva, Vinata, Kapila, Muni mukha, Subahu, and Kadru. So according to this, Kadru was the wife of Ksemaka, Salipinda Kasyapa. All the serpents in the world have been born from these But the 14th Sarga of Aranya Kanda of Valmiki - prominent serpents. (Chapter 35, Adi Parva, M.B.) .

states : called Vinata to yana 5) Kadru curses her sons. Once Kadru of Daksaprajapati got sixty illustrious daughters and of her side and asked her the colour Uccaissravas, the these a white horse and Kasyapa married Aditi, Dili, Danu, Kalika horse of . It was purely Vinata Tamra, Krodhavasa, Muni and . Krodhavasa told so. But Kadru said its tail was black. Each stood birth to and then Kadru made a bet. She gave eight daughters. They were : Mrg!, Mrga- firm in her statement serve manda, Harl, Bhadramata, Mataiigi, Sarduli, SVeta; who was defeated in the bet should the other as Surabhi, Surasa and Kadru. her slave. Vinata agreed. Kadru wanted to cheat Vinata Tamra another wife of Kasyapa gave birth to five and so asked her sons to remain suspended from the daughters, namely, KrauncI, Bhasi, Syeni, Dhrtarastri tail of the horse in such an artful way that the tail and Sukl. KrauncI gave birth to owls, Bhasi to Bhasas, would look black from a distance. Some of her sons re- Syeni to eagles and vultures, Dhrtarastri to swans and fused to be a party to this deceit and Kadru cursed Suki to Nata. Nata gave birth to Vinata. them saying that they would all be burnt in the Sarpa- Thus, according to the Kadru was the sattra ofJanamejaya. Kasyapa did not like the curse. daughter of Kagyapa born of his wife Krodhavasa. But Brahma came there and said that the serpents Again Vinata who is spoken of as the elder sister of as a class were injurious to society and as such a curse Kadru in is the daughter of the grand- of that nature was necessary. Brahma then taught him daughter of Kasyapa. This means that Kadrii's mother Visasarhharavidya (Treatment of snake-poisoning). and Vinata 's grand mother's mother were sisters. But (Chapter 20, Adi Parva, M.B.) .