[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) › c9.3602 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3602 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3602 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3602](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3602) UŚIK II. One Uśik as the wife of the hermit Dīrghatamas is mentioned in the Ṛgveda Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 16, Sūkta 112. This Uśik was the maid of the queen of the old King of Kaliṅga. The king requested Dīrghatamas to beget children by his queen. The queen did not like this. She sent her maid Uśik to Dīrghatamas. The hermit Kakṣīvān was the son born to Dīrghatamas by Uśik. (Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 18, Sūkta 125). - [Previous: c9.3601](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3601) - [Next: c9.3603](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3603) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.112) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3602](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3602) · Pramāṇa