The Rámáyan of Válmíki

Kálindí

Also known as: Kálindi · First appears: Book I, Canto 70 · The Maidens Sought

Life events

  • Kálindi bore Sagar, naming him for the poison mixed into her food.(Book I, Canto 70 · The Maidens Sought)
    • With: Sagar
    • “And, of her husband long bereaved, She bore a son by him conceived. Because her rival mixed the bane To render her conception vain, And fruit unripened to destroy, Sagar she called her darling boy.”
  • Kálindí bore Sagar, who was named for surviving the poison intended to destroy him.(Book II, Canto 110 · The Sons Of Ikshváku)
    • With: Sagar
    • “Back to her home she turned once more, And there her promised son she bore. Because her rival mixed the bane To render her conception vain, And her unripened fruit destroy, Sagar she called her rescued boy.”

Book I, Canto 70 · The Maidens Sought

  • child: Sagar “And, of her husband long bereaved, She bore a son by him conceived. Because her rival mixed the bane To render her conception vain, And fruit unripened to destroy, Sagar she called her darling boy.”
  • married with Asit (The passage identifies Kálindi as the queen who bore the son and Asit as the husband.) “And, of her husband long bereaved, She bore a son by him conceived.”

Book II, Canto 110 · The Sons Of Ikshváku

  • admirer: Chyavan (Kálindí is the one who approaches and entreats Chyavan; this does not state a suitor relation.) “And wooed the saint with earnest prayer.”
  • married with Asit “Then came the other widowed queen With lotus eyes and beauteous mien,”
  • child: Sagar “Back to her home she turned once more, And there her promised son she bore.”

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