life - and Gandhakali (lit. fragrant dark one), Gandhavati, Kastu-gandhi and Yojanagandha in later life.

Birth and early life

According to the Harivamsa, Satyavati in her previous life was Achchoda, daughter of the Pitrs (ancestors) and cursed to be born on earth. The Mahabharata, Harivamsa and Devi Bhagavata Purana assert that Satyavati was the daughter of a cursed apsara (celestial nymph) named Adrika. Adrika was transformed by a curse into a fish and lived in the

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