Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.766

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SAHASRAPĀDA (SAHASRAPĀT).
1) General. A maharṣi, who was transformed into a serpent by the curse of Khagama, another maharṣi. But a talk with King Ruru restored him to his former self. (For details see under Ruru, para 4).
2) Other information. Ruru desired to get some information about serpent yajña from Sahasrapāt, who answered the former that he would hear the story of Astika from brahmins and then disappeared. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 12, Verse 3).