Menā
Hindu · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Menā is Himavat’s wife and the mother in whose womb the goddess takes birth as Parvati in the Shiva Purana.
Children
Children in alternative accounts
- Parvati: Shiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of ParvatiShiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)
Relations
- spouse: HimavatShiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)
- social child of: SvadhāThe text explicitly denies womb birth from Svadha and calls the sisters mentally conceived daughters of the forefathers, conventionally treated as her children.Shiva Purana 2.3.2.5–9, Mena and her sisters (primary)
- sibling: DhanyāShiva Purana 2.3.2.5–9, Mena and her sisters (primary)
- sibling: KalāvatīShiva Purana 2.3.2.5–9, Mena and her sisters (primary)
- parent of: ParvatiShiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)
Sources
- Menā is Himavat’s wife and the mother in whose womb the goddess takes birth as Parvati in the Shiva Purana.: Shiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)