History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Ayurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine v2.c19.12
History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine v2.c19.12
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In the Rāmāyaṇa, king Viśvāmitra is said to have paid a visit to the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha and was hospitably entertained by the sage. The king wanted his cow Kāmadhenu, or Nandini; and when he attempted to take away the cow by force, his armies were defeated by the army called forth by the cow, and the sage cursed the hundred sons of Visvāmitra to be turned into ashes.