English Explanatory Dictionary

Ahalya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Name of the princess of Puru dynasty and wife of sage Gautama. She was seduced by Indra, cursed by her husband and liberated by Rāma in Ramayana.

Word forms

Ahalya

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit अहल्या (ahalyā, “Ahalya”).

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