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Kardama

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Transliteration of Sanskrit कर्दम (kardama).

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Kardama

  1. (Hinduism) Name of a Prajapati, father of Kapila and husband of Devahuti.
    • 2016 March 9, Brian Black, Laurie Patton, Dialogue in Early South Asian Religions: Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Traditions, Routledge, →ISBN, page 143:
      The story of Kapila's birth begins with the sage Kardama, who worships Viṣṇu in the hopes of procuring a wife and children.
    • 2019, Swami Satyamayananda, Ancient Sages[1], Advaita Ashrama, →ISBN:
      Kapila's father was Kardama Prajapati, one of the early progenitors of the human race.