Gaviṣṭhira
historical figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
in the texts
Rigveda
Patron figure whose gift of gold and cattle is recounted in a gift-praise verse.
He who gave gold to Gaviṣṭhira, five hundreds — with the cattle of Gaviṣṭhira — you have spoken the wondrous greatness of Kṛṣṇa;
Gaviṣṭhira has offered with reverence a hymn of praise into Agni — it has spread wide like a golden ornament in the sky.
Agni aided Atri, Bharadvāja, and Gaviṣṭhira;
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Gaviṣṭhira, a Vedic sage protected by Mitra and Varuṇa.
You who protect Śyāvāśya and who protect Gaviṣṭhira, O Mitra and Varuṇa — Purumīḍha and Atri;