Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.403
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.403
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5) The sale of Śunaḥśepha. Once king Ambariṣa started a yāga. Indra who was jealous of him, stole the sacrificial cow. Since it was an evil omen, the priest advised Ambariṣa that either the lost cow or a human being in its place must be obtained to complete the yāga. In spite of searches made in many places, the cow could not be traced. At last Ambariṣa men met Ṛcika who was doing tapas on Bhṛgutuṅga. Ṛcika sold his second son, Śunaḥśepha to Ambariṣa in exchange for the price of 100,000 cows.