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...

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...

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...

to the Kaushika Gotra has the following as his Abhivadaye: Abhivaadaye Vaishwamaitra, Aghamarshana, Kaushika Thrayaarisheya, (Pravara) Kaushika Gotrah...

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...

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,...

Saravanan and produced by Kalaimagal Kalaikoodam. The film stars Ramarajan, Kaushika, Haasini and Charle. The music was composed by Dhina. The film released...

in many legendary stories and in different works of Hindu literature. Kaushika is pravara of Vishwamitra gotra. The name "Koushika" (i.e. Kaushik) literally...

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...

scriptures where the Brahmastra is used or its use is threatened, including: Kaushika (who later became Brahmarshi Vishvamitra) used it against Maharishi Vasishta...

(Purusha, Brahman) as the indeterminate. Shandilya's other Acharyas include Kaushika, Gautama Maharishi, Kaishorya Kaapya, Vatsya Vaijavap, and Kushri. Shandilya's...

Shrautasutras (Latyayana and Drahyayana) invoke Indra, the "lover of Ahalya ... O Kaushika [Brahmin], who calls himself Gautama". The Samaveda tradition identifies...

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...

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...

Vāsava (वासव, lord of Vasus) Purandara (पुरंदर, the breaker of forts) Kaushika (कौशिक, Vishvamitra was born as the embodiment of Indra) Shachin or Shachindra...

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...

near Hassan, Karnataka and Bettadapura, Mysore district, and becoming the Kaushika and the Bettadapura communities, respectively. Sankethis venerate a woman...

(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...

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...

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...

Kausheya (kauseya, Kiau-she-ye, Kaushika) was a wild variety of ancient silk from India. Domesticated and undomesticated silk (also known as wild silk)...

Vadakalai sect of Sri Vaishnavism. Vedanta Desika belongs to Vishvamitra/Kaushika gotra. On the occasion of 750th anniversary of the life of Vedanta Desika...

Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021. Kaushika, Pragya (31 March 2021). "Ahead of phase II polling, Bengal administration...

C.Kalyan launches "Padara Padara Vetaku Veladam" song from the movie "Kaushika Verma Damayanti"...!". The Times of India. 12 October 2022. ISSN 0971-8257...

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...

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...

also found such as Gokarna Mahatmyam etc. The popular 16th-century work Kaushika Ramayana written in Old Kannada language by Battaleshwara of Yana, Uttara...