Vidarbha
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the Vaidarbhas
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Kingdom of Keśinī's father.
O Rāma, the elder wife of Sagara was the daughter of the king of Vidarbha, named Keśinī, most devoted to dharma and truthful in speech.
"'In former times there was a king of the Vidarbha country, my father of great renown, known as Sudeva, mighty in the three worlds.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Country where wives of inhabitants spend a month in the King's harem under pretence of affection.
In the country of the Vaidarbhas the beautiful wives of the inhabitants pass a month in the King's harem under the pretence of affection for the King.