History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Ayurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine v2.c19.5

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His parents: In the Ṛv., he is described as the son of a King named Kuśika, but in later literature he is said to be the son of Gādhi, King of Kānykubja, and a descendant of Puru. So he is styled as a Kauśika and also as a Paurava (Harivaṃśa). In the genealogy, it would be found that Gādhi was of the Kuśika race. So he was called a Kauśika and also Gādhi-nandana. Satyavatī was the daughter of Gādhi who gave her in marriage to a Bhārgava Brāhmaṇa named Ricīka. Ricīka prepared two dishes of food for his wife and his mother-in-law. The dishes were exchanged and the result was that Satyavatī gave birth to Jamadagni, the warrior Brahman and the mother bore Visvāmitra, a Kṣatriya king with the qualities of a Brāhmaṇa.