Māṇḍavya
mythological figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
best of Veda-knowers · the great Māṇḍavya
in the texts
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
A sage who used a panasa leaf-cup to offer water in his ancestors' honor, satisfying them and witnessing their ascent to Viṣṇu's world.
In ancient times, in the holy forest of Kuśa, Māṇḍavya, the best of Veda-knowers, // Ang_1.
The great Māṇḍavya, remembering his ancestors, gave it for their satisfaction, as one drinks various juices.
Quickly making a leaf-cup with his own hands, he hurried to a worthy Brahmin boy who was longing for water, // Ang_1.
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
A sage figure cited as a legendary example of someone wrongly condemned as a thief due to lack of reasoned legal investigation.
for want of a reasoned investigation, Māṇḍavya incurred the status of a thief.
Nāradasmṛti
Legendary sage cited as an example of a non-thief who came to bear a thief's reputation through the workings of legal procedure.
Māṇḍavya, though not a thief, acquired the character of one through legal procedure.