Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.426

c7.426

GOVINDADATTA. A brahmin of great fame who resided in Bahusurvaṇaka, a city on the banks of the river Gaṅgā. His wife was a very pious woman. They had five children. Once when both the parents were away from the house a sage called Vaiśvānara came there but the children did not receive him and treat him properly. Knowing this Govindadatta abandoned all his children. (Kathāsaritsāgara, Kathāpīṭhalambaka).