Figure South Asian traditions
Menakā
मेनका sa மேனகை ta
Apsara from Hindu mythology
- Married to Viśvāmitra
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Overview
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Family
The family of Menakā
Parents, spouses and children as the records give them.
Documented family only. A teacher, a successor or a patron is never drawn in this tree.
The family as a list · 2
Family 2
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
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Sources
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3 statements on this record
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Review
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Computed Worked out here, not stated by any source: 1 collection membership. Each is marked where it is shown.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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