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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...
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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...
- 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...
- Gautama, Jamadagni, Kashyapa, Vashistha, and
Vishvamitra. The late
Gopatha Brahmana 1.2.8 has Vashistha,
Vishvamitra, Jamadagni, Gautama, Bharadvaja, Gungu...
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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...
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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...
- Koushik/Kousik is a
surname and
gotra of
Brahmins named after Brahmarishi Vishvamitra. Kaushik/Koushik is
ancient Indian 'Gotra'
applied to an
Indian clan...
- Once,
Vishvamitra started to
meditate to earn the
status of a Brahmarshi. The
intensity of his
penance frightened Indra. He
feared that
Vishvamitra might...
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successfully incited Vishvamitra's lust and p****ion when he saw her beauty. She
succeeded in
breaking the
meditation of
Vishvamitra. However, she fell in...
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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...
