[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) › c8.800 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.800 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.800 - **Language:** English ### [c8.800](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.800) Medhātithi was a celebrated sage of Bhārata. The maharṣi referred to in Sūkta 12, Anuvāka 4, Maṇḍala 1 of Ṛgveda is Medhātithi son of Kaṇva. Once Indra coming in the form of a goat drank the soma of Medhātithi and the latter called him 'goat' (Meṣa) and thenceforth Indra got the name Meṣa. (Sūkta 51, Anuvāka 10, Maṇḍala 1, Ṛgveda). - [Previous: c8.799](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.799) - [Next: c8.801](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.801) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.12.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.800](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.800) · Pramāṇa