- his
tapasya (penance).
Kaushika then
wanted to gain "Brahmarishi" like Vasistha.
Doing penance guided by Vamadeva, King
Kaushika eventually became Vishvamitra...
- as a
prayer for protection. It is said to have been
composed by
Budha Kaushika,
thought to be
another name of the
mythical sage Vishvamitra. The first...
- to the
Kaushika Gotra has the
following as his Abhivadaye:
Abhivaadaye Vaishwamaitra, Aghamarshana,
Kaushika Thrayaarisheya, (Pravara)
Kaushika Gotrah...
- Shiva.
Tharu and
Lalita also do****ent a
claim that a
local Jain king
named Kaushika sought to
marry her, but that she
rejected him,
choosing instead to fulfil...
- when
Emperor Kaushika is
hunting and
visits Vasishta's Ashram,
where he
notices a
divine cow
Kamadhenu which can
afford all wishes.
Kaushika pleads for...
- Hinduism, best
known for
being the
father of Vishvamitra. His father,
Kaushika (known as
Kushanabha in
later mythology), was a
Rigvedic rishi and the...
-
eyesight and
recoups it by
bowing his head down.
Narmada &
Kaushika reach Badri,
where Kaushika kicks a sage, Mandavya, out of hunger, who
curses him to...
- Atri.
According to a
legend from the
Markandeya Purana, a
Brahmin named Kaushika from
Pratishthana used to
visit a prostitute,
despite being a Brahmin,...
-
narrates Sita a
story of an
ardently devoted wife
Sumathi whose husband Kaushika is a
debaucher who gets
attracted to a
prostitute Mohanang, but Sumathi...
- in many
legendary stories and in
different works of
Hindu literature.
Kaushika is
pravara of
Vishwamitra gotra. The name "Koushika" (i.e. Kaushik) literally...
