Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c25.s1.15

c25.s1.15

The next Kāśyapa was Vibhāṇḍaka, who had his hermitage on the R. Kauśikī (the modern Kosi in N. Bihar). His son was the rishi Ṛsyaśṛṅga, whom Lomapāda, king of Aṅga, in whose territory they lived, inveigled to his capital to bring rain after a long drought, and to whom he gave his daughter Śāntā in marriage.¹ Ṛsyaśṛṅga was afterwards invited to the court of Daśaratha, king of Ayodhyā, and performed a sacrifice that the king might have a son.² A descendant Vaibhāṇḍaki, whose name was apparently Pūrṇabhadra, is connected with Lomapāda’s fourth successor Haryaṅga.³