{{Short description|Ramayana character}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox deity | type = Hindu | name = Ilavida | texts = Puranas, Ramayana | parents = Bharadvaja (father) Susheela(mother) | children = Kubera | spouse = Vishrava | other_names = Idavida, Devavarnini, Lokavati, Lata }}
'''Ilavida''' or '''Idavida''' ({{Langx|sa|इडविडा|translit=Iḍaviḍā}}) is a character in the ''Ramayana''. She is the first wife of the sage Vishrava<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Coulter |first1=Charles Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEJUEAAAQBAJ&dq=ilavida&pg=PA234 |title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities |last2=Turner |first2=Patricia |date=2021-12-06 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9179-7 |pages=234 |language=en}}</ref> and the mother of Kubera.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dowson |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BkbYDwAAQBAJ&dq=ilavida&pg=PA363 |title=A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythodology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature |date=2020-03-23 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-8460-4736-1 |pages=363 |language=en}}</ref>
== Legend == In the ''Ramayana'', Ilavida is described to be the daughter of the ''rishi'' Bharadvaja.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stutley |first=Margaret and James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tQWQDwAAQBAJ&dq=I%E1%B8%8Davi%E1%B8%8D%C4%81&pg=PT288 |title=A Dictionary of Hinduism: Its Mythology, Folklore and Development 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1500 |date=2019-04-09 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-62754-5 |pages=288 |language=en}}</ref> Ilavida was given in marriage to the ''rishi'' Vishrava and had a son with him, Kubera, who would eventually become the king of Lanka.
<ref>{{Cite book |last=Daniélou |first=Alain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1HMXN9h6WX0C&pg=PA135 |title=The Myths and Gods of India: The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series |date=December 1991 |publisher=Inner Traditions / Bear & Co |isbn=978-0-89281-354-4 |pages=135 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Parmeshwaranand |first=Swami |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6F0ZIBIL2ZAC&pg=PA55 |title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Puranas |date=2001 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=978-81-7625-226-3 |pages=55 |language=en}}</ref>
== Citations and notes == {{reflist}}
Category:Characters in the Ramayana Category:Hindu mythology