[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) › c5.1903 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1903 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1903 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1903](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1903) UPARICHARA. A Vasu or demigod, who, according to the Mahā-bhārata, became king of Chedi by command of Indra. He had five sons by his wife; and by an Apsaras, named Adrikā, condemned to live on earth in the form of a fish, he had a son named Matsya (fish), and a daughter, Satya-vatī, who was the mother of Vyāsa. - [Previous: c5.1902](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1902) - [Next: c5.1904](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1904) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1903](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1903) · Pramāṇa