Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.236

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.236

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c8.236

MAHODAYA. One of the sons of Vasiṣṭha. Once Triśaṅku, King of Ayodhyā, conducted a yāga with Viśvāmitra as Ṛtvik and for that yāga Viśvāmitra invited Vasiṣṭha and his son Mahodaya. But Mahodaya refused to respond to the invitation and sent a message picturing both Viśvāmitra and Triśaṅku as Caṇḍālas. Enraged at this insulting message Viśvāmitra cursed Mahodaya to become Śūdra. (Verses 20-21, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Chapter 59, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa).

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit