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Kakudmi

Also called: Raivata, Kakudmin

Raivata, called Kakudmi or Kakudmin, king of Anarta at Kusasthali and eldest of a hundred brothers, who waits through a song in Brahma's hall while the ages pass on earth.

Sources: Vishnu Purana 4.1, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840), sacred-texts (archived); Srimad Bhagavatam 9.3 (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, vedabase) · see Kakudmi's web

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The bride who came back too tall
Legend · as the king who waits · 2 tellings

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Vishnu Purana 4.1, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840), sacred-texts (archived) Primary text (translation)
Srimad Bhagavatam 9.3 (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, vedabase) Primary text (translation)