Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3980

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(iii) Third birth. In the third birth Vasiṣṭha was born from a pot as the son of Mitrāvaruṇas. In this birth Vasiṣṭha was the brother of Agastya. (For detailed story see under Agastya, para 2). In this birth the wife of Vasiṣṭha was an Arundhatī, who was the sister of Nārada. Thus according to the Purāṇas, it took three births for Vasiṣṭha to complete his life. It is difficult to ascertain, in which particular birth, a particular story, stated in the Purāṇas, took place. It is probable that a large number of episodes might have taken place in the second and third births.