Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.754

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.754

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SAHASRACITYA. Grandfather of King Śatayūpa. Sahasracitya was King of Kekaya. A very righteous person, he abdicated the throne in favour of his elder brother’s and performed tapas in the forest. He gave up his body for a brahmin and attained heaven. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 127, Verse 20; Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapter 20, Verse 6).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit