Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4743
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4743
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After the death of Aruṇa, Triśaṅku assumed the reign. Hariścandra was his son. After giving the country to his son, Triśaṅku requested Vasiṣṭha to perform the sacrifice to send him to heaven bodily. Vasiṣṭha said that it was impossible for him. Vasiṣṭha's enemy Viśvāmitra took up the task. He lifted Triśaṅku bodily, up to heaven. But he was denied admittance in heaven and so Viśvāmitra created an artificial heaven between the earth and heaven and made Triśaṅku stay there.