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Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1145

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1145

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(9) Other Details. 1. Besides Dattātreya, Durvāsas and Candra, Atri had another son, Prācīnabarhis. (M.B., Śānti Parva, Chapter 208, Verse 6).
2. Many Pāvakas had been born in Atri Vamśa. (M.B., Vana Parva, Chapter 222, Verses 27-29).
3. When the Kaurava-Pāṇḍava war was raging with great fury, many Maharṣis went to Droṇa and advised him to stop the battle. Atri Maharṣi was one of them. (M.B., Droṇa Parva, Chapter 190, Verse 35).
4. On another occasion, a King named Soma performed a Rājasūya (Royal sacrifice). Atri Maharṣi was the chief priest at this yāga. (M.B., Śalya Parva, Chapter 43, Verse 47).
5. Atri was also among the Maharṣis who had gone to witness Paraśurāma's tapas. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 64).

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