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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Ramayana character}}<br />
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{{Infobox deity<br />
| type = Hindu<br />
| name = Ilavida<br />
| texts = [[Puranas]], [[Ramayana]]<br />
| parents = [[Bharadvaja]] (father) Susheela(mother)<br />
| children = [[Kubera]]<br />
| spouse = [[Vishrava]]<br />
| other_names = Idavida, Devavarnini, Lokavati, Lata<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ilavida''' or '''Idavida''' ({{Langx|sa|इडविडा|translit=Iḍaviḍā}}) is a character in the ''[[Ramayana]]''. She is the first wife of the sage [[Vishrava]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Coulter |first1=Charles Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEJUEAAAQBAJ&dq=ilavida&pg=PA234 |title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities |last2=Turner |first2=Patricia |date=2021-12-06 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9179-7 |pages=234 |language=en}}</ref> and the mother of [[Kubera]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dowson |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BkbYDwAAQBAJ&dq=ilavida&pg=PA363 |title=A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythodology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature |date=2020-03-23 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-8460-4736-1 |pages=363 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Legend ==<br />
In the ''Ramayana'', Ilavida is described to be the daughter of the ''[[rishi]]'' [[Bharadwaja|Bharadvaja]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stutley |first=Margaret and James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tQWQDwAAQBAJ&dq=I%E1%B8%8Davi%E1%B8%8D%C4%81&pg=PT288 |title=A Dictionary of Hinduism: Its Mythology, Folklore and Development 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1500 |date=2019-04-09 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-62754-5 |pages=288 |language=en}}</ref> Ilavida was given in marriage to the ''rishi'' Vishrava and had a son with him, Kubera, who would eventually become the king of [[Lanka]].<br />
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<ref>{{Cite book |last=Daniélou |first=Alain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1HMXN9h6WX0C&pg=PA135 |title=The Myths and Gods of India: The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series |date=December 1991 |publisher=Inner Traditions / Bear & Co |isbn=978-0-89281-354-4 |pages=135 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Parmeshwaranand |first=Swami |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6F0ZIBIL2ZAC&pg=PA55 |title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Puranas |date=2001 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=978-81-7625-226-3 |pages=55 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Citations and notes ==<br />
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[[Category:Characters in the Ramayana]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu mythology]]</div>Matrika