N. of the daughter of Śukra, preceptor of the Asuras. [She fell in love with Kaca, her father's pupil, but he rejected her advances. On this she cursed the youth, who in return cursed her that she should become the wife of a Kṣatriya; (see kaca). Once upon a time Devayānī and her companion Śarmiṣṭhā the daughter of Vṛsha- parvan, the king of the Daityas, went to bathe keeping their clothes on the shore. But the god...