[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s5.46 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s5.46 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s5.46 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s5.46) Ṛcīka (I)—the son of Nāhuṣi (Aurva) and father of Jamadagni by Satyavatī; the sage who married Gādhi’s daughter by paying a price of a thousand white horses with one black ear. (See Satyavatī). A mantrakṛt¹ compared to Dhiṣṇi fire. Blessed his wife with a caru and his mother-in-law with another for the birth respectively of a Brāhmaṇa and a Kṣatriya son. His wife wrongly took that intended for her mother. She gave birth to Jamadagni and became converted as Kauśikī river;² father of two other sons Śunahśepa and Śunahpuccha;³ had 100 sons who in turn had 1000 sons—all Bhārgavas.⁴ - [Previous: v1.c5.s5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s5.45) - [Next: v1.c5.s5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s5.47) - [Up: v1.c5.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s5.46) · Pramāṇa