Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Sudyumna included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana’).
Story of Sudyumna
General information.
A King who was born as a woman and then became a man and then became a woman, all in the same birth. (For detailed story see under Ilā I).
Other details.
(i) This royal hermit stays in the court of Yama glorifying him. (Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 16).
(ii) While Sudyumna was the King, to do justice properly, both hands of the hermit Likhita were cut off. (For detailed story see under Likhita).
(iii) Because he had executed the duties of the King properly and righteously, Sudyumna attained heaven. (Mahābhārata Śānti Parva, Chapter 28, Verse 45).