Mandhatr
mythological figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Mandhātṛ · Māndhātṛ
in the texts
Rigveda
Legendary figure named as a beneficiary of the Asvins' (or another god's) aid.
with those by which you aided Mandhātṛ in the lordship of his field;
Thus to Indrāgnī in the manner of the Fathers, newly, as Mandhātṛ and the Aṅgirasas declared:
That Agni who is Saptamānuṣa, who resides in all the rivers — to him we have come, the triple-stationed one, belonging to Mandhātṛ, the greatest slayer of Dasyus, the ancient Agni at the sacrifices.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
A legendary king cited by Rāma as a precedent for how sin, even by the great, brings consequence.
By the noble Māndhātṛ of mine, a grievous calamity was once sought — just as the sin was committed by an ascetic in that case, so the sin has been committed by you.