The Rámáyan of Válmíki

Mená

Role: mother of Gangá and Umá · First appears: Book I, Canto 36 · The Birth Of Gangá

Life events

  • Himálaya and Mená had two daughters, Gangá and Umá.(Book I, Canto 36 · The Birth Of Gangá)
    • With: Himálaya Gangá Umá
    • “The father of a lovely pair Of daughters fairest of the fair: Their mother, offspring of the will Of Meru, everlasting hill, Mená, Himálaya’s darling, graced With beauty of her dainty waist. Gangá was elder-born: then came The fair one known by Umá’s name.”

Book I, Canto 36 · The Birth Of Gangá

  • child: Gangá “Their mother, offspring of the will Of Meru, everlasting hill, Mená, Himálaya’s darling, graced With beauty of her dainty waist.”
  • child: Umá “Their mother, offspring of the will Of Meru, everlasting hill, Mená, Himálaya’s darling, graced With beauty of her dainty waist.”
  • parent: Meru “Their mother, offspring of the will Of Meru, everlasting hill, Mená, Himálaya’s darling, graced With beauty of her dainty waist.”

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