[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) › c7.416 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.416 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.416 - **Language:** English ### [c7.416](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.416) GOTAMA. A sage named Gotama, son of Rahūgaṇa, is found everywhere in Ṛgveda. The seventyfourth sūkta in the thirteenth anuvāka of the first maṇḍala of Ṛgveda is composed by this sage. There are many other sūktas also in his name. This sage is not the Gautama, husband of Ahalyā, who made Sūkta 58, Anuvaka 11, Maṇḍala 1 of Ṛgveda. - [Previous: c7.415](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.415) - [Next: c7.417](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.417) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.416](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.416) · Pramāṇa