[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1651 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1651 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1651 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1651](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1651) 2. A king of the Solar race, descended from Ikshwāku. He was father of Haris-chandra, and is also named Vedhas and Trisanku. According to the Rāmāyana he was a pious king, and was desirous of performing a sacrifice in virtue of which he might ascend bodily to heaven. Vasishtha, his priest, declined to perform it, declaring it impossible. He then applied to Vasishtha’s sons, and they condemned him to become a Chandāla for his presumption. In his distress and degradation he applied to Viswāmitra, who promised to raise him in that form to heaven. Viswāmitra’s intended sacrifice was strongly resisted by the sons of Vasishtha, but he reduced them to ashes, and condemned them to be born again as outcasts for seven hundred births. The wrathful sage bore down all other opposition, and Tri-sanku ascended to heaven. Here his entry was opposed by Indra and the gods, but Viswāmitra in a fury declared that he would create “another Indra, or the world should have no Indra at all.” The gods were obliged to yield, and it was agreed that Tri-sanku, an immortal, should hang with his head downwards, and shine among some stars newly called into being by Viswāmitra. - [Previous: c5.1650](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1650) - [Next: c5.1652](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1652) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1651](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1651) · Pramāṇa