[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) › c5.2131 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2131 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2131 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2131) Vasistha, the family priest, had done nothing to assuage the wrath of the aggrieved father, and this offended Tri-sanku. At the end of his penance, being in want of meat, he killed Vasistha’s wonder-working cow and partook of her flesh; for this act Vasistha gave him the name of Tri-sanku, ‘guilty of three sins.’ Viswāmitra was grateful for the assistance rendered by Tri-sanku, and gave him the choice of a boon. He begged that he might ascend bodily to heaven. Viswāmitra then installed Tri-sanku in his father’s kingdom, “and in spite of the resistance of the gods and of Vasistha he exalted the king alive to heaven.” - [Previous: c5.2130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2130) - [Next: c5.2132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2132) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2131) · Pramāṇa