Ṛṣyaśṛṅga
mythological figure · 2 works · 7 mentions · 17 anchored passages
Ṛśyaśṛṅga · Vibhāṇḍaka's son · foremost of twice-born · that brāhmaṇa · the brāhmaṇa son of Kaśyapa · the sage's son · the son of the ṛṣi
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
Sage credited with a verse on the acceptance of Ekādaśī when conjoined for five muhūrtas.
"If days not conjoined with prohibited ones are not available, then the Ekādaśī *tithi*, even if conjoined for five *muhūrtas*, is to be accepted.
Otherwise, the verse of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, which is for the purpose of a counter-injunction for a *tithi* conjoined at sunrise, and which is cited even by Ācāryacūḍāmaṇi and others—
And from the statement of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga:
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
An innocent forest ascetic, son of Vibhāṇḍaka, whose presence is required to end a drought in Aṅga and who is enticed to the city by courtesans.
'"And having brought Ṛśyaśṛṅga, duly honoured, O lord of the earth, give him your daughter Śāntā according to prescribed rite, with a collected mind.
The name by which I am known upon the earth, and my calling as well, is Ṛśyaśṛṅga.
'Thus, by the lord of the Aṅgas himself, through the agency of courtesans, the sage's son was brought — and the god rained;