A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1515

c5.1515

RICHĪKA. A Rishi descended from Bhrigu and husband of Satyavatī, son of Ūrva and father of Jamad-agni. (See Viswāmitra.) In the Mahā-bhārata and Vishnu Purāna it is related that Richīka was an old man when he demanded in marriage Satyavatī, the daughter of Gādhi, king of Kanya-kubja. Unwilling to give her to so old a man, Gādhi demanded of him 1000 white horses, each of them having one black ear. Richika obtained these from the god Varuna, and so gained his wife. According to the Rāmāyana, he sold his son Sunah-sephas to be a sacrifice.