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;
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.
Thus to Indrāgnī in the manner of the Fathers, newly, as Mandhātṛ and the Aṅgirasas declared:
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.