Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.787

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.787

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c7.787

HIRAṆYAHĀSTA. A son born to princess Vadhrimatī thanks to the blessing of the Aśvinīdevas. She was married by a eunuch. Sorrow-stricken at such a marriage the princess requested the Aśvinīdevas for children and they gave her a son, (Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 17, Sūkta 116) who was called Hiraṇyahasta. He became a sage and married the beautiful daughter of King Madirāśva. (Śānti Parva, Chapter 234, Verse 35).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit