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7 Ṛcīka is known from the Mahābhārata (Vanaparvan 115; Śāntiparvan 49; Anuśāsanaparvan 4 and 56; ed. Poona), Rāmāyaṇa, Bhāgavatapurāṇa (9.15), Garuḍapurāṇa (139.⁶), Kālikāpurāṇa (see A.M. Shastri, 1965), and the Viṣṇupurāṇa (4.7). He appears as the interlocutor in the Nihśvāsatattvasamhitā (T. Goudriaan and S. Gupta, 1981: 34). Ṛcīka was a descendant of Bhṛgu, which explains that his son Jivaka is called Bhārgava and that the Kāśyapasamhitā is also known as the Bhārgavīya Samhitā. Ṛcīka and his wife Satyavatī had two sons, Jamadagni and Jīvaka. Ṛcīka is referred to as Ṛcaka by G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 171). See on Ṛcīka: Dowson; R.P. Goldman (1977); Hemarājaśarman 20; Hopkins; J. Mitchiner (1982): 90–91; J. Panda (1984): 96–101; R. Śarmā (1959): 73; R. Śāstrī (1977): 446–447; A.M. Shastri (1965); V.S. Sukthankar (1936): 22–25; Vettam Mani.