• Devapi (Sanskrit: देवापि, Devāpi, lit. friend of Gods) or Devāpi Arṣṭiṣeṇa, is an immortal sage. According to the Nirukta (ii.10), the Brihaddevata, the...
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  • Sukumari of the Kaikeyas. He married Sunanda of the Shibis, on whom he begot Devapi, Bahlika, and Shantanu. Once, when King Pratipa was meditating on the banks...
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    and had been born during the latter's latter years. His eldest brother, Devapi, had leprosy, and had given up his inheritance to become a hermit. The middle...
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    his wife Sunanda, the king and queen of Hastinapura. With his eldest son Devapi set to inherit, Pratipa gifted some newly-conquered land (though in some...
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    (step-mother) Chitrāngada (half-brother) Vichitravirya (half-brother) Bahlika and Devapi (elder uncles) Relatives Kuru dynasty-Chandravamsha Home Hastinapura...
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  • son, Santanu supersedes his elder brother Devapi to the throne, whereupon no rain falls for twelve years. Devapi then acts as a Hotr (chief priest) and performs...
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