Shatarupa

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Shatarupa
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ConsortSvayambhuva Manu (1st Manu)
ChildrenPriyavrata
Uttānapāda
Ākūti
Devahūti
Prasuti

In Hindu mythology, Shatarupa (Sanskrit: शतरूपा, romanized: Śatarūpā, lit. 'she of a hundred beautiful forms') is the daughter of the creator god Brahma.[1] According to Brahma Purana, Shatarupa is regarded as the first woman to be created by Brahma along with Manu.[2]

When Brahma created Shatarupa, he was immediately infatuated and pursued her wherever she went. Shatarupā moved in various directions to avoid his gaze but wherever she went, Brahmā developed another head until he had four, one for each direction of the compass. Desperate, Shatarupa leaped over him to stay out of his gaze even for a moment. A fifth head, however, appeared above the others. Thus, Brahmā developed five heads. At this moment Shiva appeared, and cut off Brahma's fifth head.

Shiva had committed Brahmahatya in the process. To expiate from this sin, he had to undergo penance at Varanasi for twelve years with nothing but the severed head as a beggar's bowl. Lord Vishnu was arbitrator in this incident. [3] [4] [5]

Shatarupa later married Svayambhuva Manu and had five children — two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, and three daughters, Ākūti, Devahūti and Prasuti.[6] Manu handed over his first daughter Ākūti to the sage Ruci, the middle daughter, Devahūti, to the sage Kardama, and the youngest, Prasūti, to the prajapati Daksha.

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  1. ^ Air Marshal RK Nehra. Hinduism & Its Military Ethos. Lancer Publishers LLC. ″In an entirely different version, there is reference to a self created daughter of Brahma called Shatarupa (literally meaning hundred forms)."
  2. ^ The Brahma Purana declares: "To continue with Creation, Brahma gave form to a Man and a Woman. The man was Swayambhu Manu and the Woman was named Shatrupa. Humans are descended from Manu, that is the reason they are known as Manusya."
  3. ^ https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Story_of_a_Dance_Bharata_Natyam.html?id=bWYkAQAAIA
  4. ^ Dalal, Roshen (18 April 2014). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. ISBN 9788184752779.
  5. ^ Dalal, Roshen (18 April 2014). The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths. ISBN 9788184753967.
  6. ^ Dipavali Debroy, Bibek Debroy (1992). The Garuda Purana. p. 136. ″Manu and Shatarupa had two sons named Priyavrata and Uttanapada and three daughters named Prasuti, Akuti and Devahuti."

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