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Vishvamitra (Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र, IAST: Viśvāmitra) is one of the most
venerated rishis or
sages of
ancient India.
Vishvamitra is one of the
seven Brahmarshi...
- He is
famous in
Hindu stories for his
legendary conflicts with sage
Vishvamitra. In the Ramayana, he was the
family priest of the
Raghu dynasty and teacher...
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agreed to be a
slave – all to
fulfill a
promise he had made to the sage
Vishvamitra.
According to a
legend mentioned in
Aitareya Brahamana, Harishchandra...
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terrorizing sages. He was
defeated by Rama at the
behest of the sage
Vishvamitra. He
tried again to kill Rama, but had to run for his life again. Ultimately...
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narrates that
Rambha is
instructed by
Indra to
disturb the
penance of
Vishvamitra, a sage who had been
previously seduced by
another apsara named Menaka...
- Gautama, Jamadagni, Kashyapa, Vashistha, and
Vishvamitra. The late
Gopatha Brahmana 1.2.8 has Vashistha,
Vishvamitra, Jamadagni, Gautama, Bharadvaja, Gungu...
- Koushik/Kousik is a
surname and
gotra of
Brahmins named after Brahmarishi Vishvamitra. Kaushik/Koushik is
ancient Indian "Gotra"
applied to an
Indian clan...
- obstacles, in
order to
disturb the
tapasya (meditation) of the sage
Vishvamitra. When
Harishchandra came to his senses, he
realised that the sage was...
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primary appearance is in the
legend of Galava, a
disciple of the sage
Vishvamitra. To
fulfill his guru-dakshina of
eight hundred horses to his teacher...
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described as
having greatly ****isted the preceptor's
traditional rival,
Vishvamitra, when the latter's
family suffered from hunger,
offering them food daily...
