panchakanya hindoo puranoan aur granthoan ki manyataoan ke anusar ahalya, draupadi, kuanti, tara, mandodari ko mana gaya hai. ye paanchoan striyaan ati pavitr mani gayi haian, isaliye inhean ‘panchakanya’ kahate haian.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
mahabharat shabdakosh |lekhak: es. pi. paramahans |prakashak: dilli pustak sadan, dilli |sankalan: bharat diskavari pustakalay |prishth sankhya: 29 |