Vishvamitra (redirect from Kaushika)
his tapasya (penance). Kaushika then wanted to gain "Brahmarishi" like Vasistha. Doing penance guided by Vamadeva, King Kaushika eventually became Vishvamitra...
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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...
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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...
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Hinduism, best known for being the father of Vishvamitra. His father, Kaushika (known as Kushanabha in later mythology), was a Rigvedic rishi and the...
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Shiva. Tharu and Lalita also document a claim that a local Jain king named Kaushika sought to marry her, but that she rejected him, choosing instead to fulfil...
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to the Kaushika Gotra has the following as his Abhivadaye: Abhivaadaye Vaishwamaitra, Aghamarshana, Kaushika Thrayaarisheya, (Pravara) Kaushika Gotrah...
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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...
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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...
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Atri. According to a legend from the Markandeya Purana, a Brahmin named Kaushika from Pratishthana used to visit a prostitute, despite being a Brahmin,...
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Saravanan and produced by Kalaimagal Kalaikoodam. The film stars Ramarajan, Kaushika, Haasini and Charle. The music was composed by Dhina. The film released...
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in many legendary stories and in different works of Hindu literature. Kaushika is pravara of Vishwamitra gotra. The name "Koushika" (i.e. Kaushik) literally...
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the king of Kalinga, who demanded that Kaushika sing devotional songs to him rather than to Vishnu. Kaushika insisted that he could only praise Vishnu...
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scriptures where the Brahmastra is used or its use is threatened, including: Kaushika (who later became Brahmarshi Vishvamitra) used it against Maharishi Vasishta...
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(Purusha, Brahman) as the indeterminate. Shandilya's other Acharyas include Kaushika, Gautama Maharishi, Kaishorya Kaapya, Vatsya Vaijavap, and Kushri. Shandilya's...
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Shrautasutras (Latyayana and Drahyayana) invoke Indra, the "lover of Ahalya ... O Kaushika [Brahmin], who calls himself Gautama". The Samaveda tradition identifies...
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name is not mentioned) gave birth to a son with Kshatriya traits, named Kaushika. He later becomes the renowned Vishvamitra, who was a Kshatriya by birth...
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is mentioned as the son of Gaadhi. Vishwamitra is also referred to as Kaushika, because he attained Brahmajnana on the banks of the river Koshi. Parasurama...
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Vāsava (वासव, lord of Vasus) Purandara (पुरंदर, the breaker of forts) Kaushika (कौशिक, Vishvamitra was born as the embodiment of Indra) Shachin or Shachindra...
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June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Niti Central. Retrieved 18 July 2013. Kaushika, Pragya (4 April 2020). "Backing Modi govt on lockdown, RSS doles out a...
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near Hassan, Karnataka and Bettadapura, Mysore district, and becoming the Kaushika and the Bettadapura communities, respectively. Sankethis venerate a woman...
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(PDF) from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011. Pragya Kaushika (15 September 2010). "Soon, Meerut 45 mins away on rapid transit". The...
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southerly to Siralkoppa. During the 12th century, it was the capital of King Kaushika. There is an old fort here. Udutadi is the birthplace of Saint Akka Mahadevi...
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of clans. Thus the name of the rishi Bharadvaja means a lark bird, and Kaushika means descended from Kusha grass, Agastya from Agassi flower, Kashyapa...
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Kausheya (kauseya, Kiau-she-ye, Kaushika) was a wild variety of ancient silk from India. Domesticated and undomesticated silk (also known as wild silk)...
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Vadakalai sect of Sri Vaishnavism. Vedanta Desika belongs to Vishvamitra/Kaushika gotra. On the occasion of 750th anniversary of the life of Vedanta Desika...
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Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021. Kaushika, Pragya (31 March 2021). "Ahead of phase II polling, Bengal administration...
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C.Kalyan launches "Padara Padara Vetaku Veladam" song from the movie "Kaushika Verma Damayanti"...!". The Times of India. 12 October 2022. ISSN 0971-8257...
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attributed Garga, mentioned in Matsya Purana 20.1-10 as the preceptor of Kaushika's sons Garga, a student of Lakulisha and the founder of a sub-sect of Pashupata...
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Amrutaryasa, who is regarded founded Gaya which is now in Bihar) and Vishvaratha/Kaushika (Vishvamitra), the son of Gadhi. Satyavati (daughter of Gadhi; wife of...
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also found such as Gokarna Mahatmyam etc. The popular 16th-century work Kaushika Ramayana written in Old Kannada language by Battaleshwara of Yana, Uttara...
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