[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) › c8.12 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.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. - [Previous: c8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.11) - [Next: c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.13) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.12) · Pramāṇa