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Mandana Misra
Mandana may refer to * Mandana (given name) *Mandane of Media : Mandana of Media (Old Iranian: ''Mandanā'') was a Shahbanu of Media and, later, the Queen consort of Cambyses I of Anshan and mother of Cyrus the Great, ruler of Persia's Achaemenid Empire. Etymology The name ''Mandane'' is a Latinized for ..., 6th century BCE princess of Media * Mandana Paintings in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, India {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandana (given Name)
Mandana is a given name of the following people *Mandana Dayani, American branding, technology, and fashion expert *Mandana Jones, British actress *Mandana Karimi, Iranian actress and model *Abigail Mandana Holmes Christensen (1852–1938), American collector of folklore *Maṇḍana Miśra, 8th century Hindu philosopher *Mandana Moghaddam, Iranian-Swedish visual artist *Mandana Seyfeddinipur, Iranian linguist *Mandana Coleman Thorp (1843-1916), American Civil War nurse, singer, patriot; public official {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandane Of Media
: Mandana of Media (Old Iranian: ''Mandanā'') was a Shahbanu of Medes, Media and, later, the Queen consort of Cambyses I of Anshan and mother of Cyrus the Great, ruler of Persia's Achaemenid Empire. Etymology The name ''Mandane'' is a Latinized form derived from the Greek language, Greek wikt:Μανδάνη, Μανδάνη, ''Mandánē'', itself from the Iranian languages#Old Iranian, Old Iranian name ''*Mandanā-'' which means ''delighting'' and ''cheerful''. Mandana in Herodotus' histories According to Herodotus, Mandane was the daughter of Astyages, King of Media. Shortly after her birth, Herodotus reports that Astyages had a strange dream where his daughter urinated so much that Asia would flood. He consulted the magus, magians who interpreted the dream as a warning that Mandane's son would overthrow his rule. To forestall that outcome, Astyages betrothed Mandane to the vassal prince, Cambyses I of Anshan, “a man of good family and quiet habits”, whom Astyages consider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |