Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4738
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4738
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The hermit Vasiṣṭha erected his hermitage and did penance in the country of Viśvāmitra. Once, while engaged in hunting Viśvāmitra saw Nandinī in the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha, and wanted to have her. In the battle which ensued between Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra, the hermit Vasiṣṭha came out victorious. The ashamed Viśvāmitra gave up his kingdom and went to forest to do penance. Viśvāmitra became a royal hermit and Brahmin-hermit). (For the detailed story of the quarrels between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha see under Vasiṣṭha, para 2).