Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.12

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.12

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c8.12

MADHUCCHANDAS. A sage who observed correctly the Āśrama of Vānaprastha. He was one of the Brahmavādī sons of Viśvāmitra. (Śloka. 50, Chapter 4, Anuśāsana Parva). Viśvāmitra had a hundred sons like Madhucchandas. (10th Skandha, Bhāgavata). The first Sūkta of Ṛgveda was written by this sage.

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit