A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.497

c5.497

DHARMA-VYĀDHA. ‘The pious huntsman.’ This man is represented in the Mahā-bhārata as living by selling the flesh of boars and buffaloes, and yet as being learned in the Vedas and in all the knowledge of a Brāhman. This is accounted for by his having been a Brāhman in a former birth, and cursed to this vile occupation for having wounded a Brāhman when hunting.