Damayanti (दमयन्ती) is from the Sanskrit damayati (to subdue, to tame). **The princess of Vidarbha** — heroine of the Mahabharata's Nalopakhyana (the Story of Nala) — **she chose the mortal Nala over the four gods who came in his form**, then endured his madness and exile in the forest before their reunion. **One of the great love stories of Sanskrit literature.**
Featured in the Mahabharata, Vana Parva.
Damayanti reduces to four — the number of Sanskrit chooser.