Shunahshepa (Sanskrit: शुनःशेप, romanized: Śunaḥśepa) is a legendary sage mentioned in Hindu mythology. A number of passages in Rigveda are attributed...
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unable to find the animal, the king bought Shunahshepa, the son of a sage, for the sacrifice. Shunahshepa survived the sacrifice by reciting two hymns...
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enthroned and the cosmos is regenerated. There is a revealing of the tale of Shunahshepa, a boy who was nearly sacrificed to Varuna on behalf of the sonless king...
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Religion Hinduism Children Many children including Madhuchhanda, Ashtaka, Shunahshepa, Sushruta, and Shakuntala Parent Gādhi (father) Notable work(s) Gayatri...
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found in the Shankhayana-sutra, but not in the Kaushitaki-brahmana) of Shunahshepa, whom his father Ajigarta sells and offers to slay, the recital of which...
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Satyavati (daughter of Gadhi; wife of Richika) Ashtaka, Shakuntala, Shunahshepa, and others, the children of Vishvamitra. Jamadagni (the son of Satyavati;...
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18), when Vishwamitra's elder sons refused to accept his adoption of Shunahshepa, he cursed their descendants to be exiled from Aryavarta; the Andhras...
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Expiations of the errors in the sacrifice Adhyāya III: The narrative of Shunahshepa Adhyāya IV: The preparations for the royal consecretation Adhyāya V:...
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279 573 Jataka Tales: Bird Stories 1983 280 820 Kumanan 1983 281 DG461 Shunahshepa 1983 282 BS' The Taming of Gulla 1983 283 709 Jagannatha of Puri 1983...
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