Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1614

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(ii) Nrga once conducted a yajña on the banks of the river Payoṣṇī in Varāhatīrtha at which Indra drank soma so much as to get intoxicated, and the brahmins danced with pleasure at the very liberal gifts made to them. (Vana Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 5).
(iii) Nṛga was a King very dear to Indians. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 7).
(iv) Kṛṣṇa granted salvation to Nṛga who changed, at his touch, from chameleon to his former form as King Nṛga. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 70, Verse 29).
(v) He did not eat flesh. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 70, Verse 29). NRṢAD. A maharṣi, who was the father of sage Kaṇva. (Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 10). NRṢART. A Ṛṣi, who lived in the Ṛgvedic period. His son was deaf. (Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 17). NYAGRODHA. A son of Ugrasena. When Kṛṣṇa killed Kaṃsa Nyagrodha fought with Kṛṣṇa and others and was killed by the blow of Balabhadra's shield. (Bhāgavata). NYAGRODHATĪRTHA. A holy place on the banks of the ancient river Dṛṣadvatī in North India. (Vana Parva, Chapter 90, Verse 11).