[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.1648 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1648 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1648 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1648](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1648) KAKṢĪVĀN. A son of Maharṣi Gautama. Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 21, Verse 3 states that at the time when Gautama was living in Girivraja, he had connection with a Śūdra woman of Uśīnara land and as a result of it Kākṣīvān was born to her. This Gautama was not the husband of Ahalyā.¹ - [Previous: c7.1647](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1647) - [Next: c7.1649](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1649) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1648](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1648) · Pramāṇa