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{{Infobox religious biography
{{Infobox religious biography
| religion   = [[Hinduism]]
| religion           = [[Vedism]]
| name       = Gādhi
| name               = Gādhi
| father     = Kushika
| father             = Kuśika Aiṣīrathi
| children   = [[Vishvamitra]], Satyavati
| children           = [[Viśvāmitra]], Satyavatī (epic tradition)
}}
}}
'''Gādhi''', historically known as '''Gāthin''', was the father of [[Vishvamitra]]. Gāthin Kauśika was a Rigvedic [[rishi]] and the author of two hymns in [[Mandala 3]] of the Rigveda.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephanie Jamison|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1LTRDwAAQBAJ|title=The Rigveda –– Earliest Religious Poetry of India|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2015|isbn=978-0190633394|page=464}}</ref> In later Hindu texts he is the king of Mahodayapura, and also the father of Satyavati.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mani|first=Vettam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvXsDwAAQBAJ&q=G%C4%81dhi&pg=PP5|title=Puranic Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Work with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature|date=2015-01-01|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-0597-2|pages=271|language=en}}</ref>
'''Gādhi''', historically known as '''Gāthin''', was the father of [[Vishvamitra|Viśvāmitra]]. Gāthin Kauśika was a Rigvedic [[rishi]] and the author of two hymns in [[Mandala 3]] of the Rigveda.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephanie Jamison|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1LTRDwAAQBAJ|title=The Rigveda –– Earliest Religious Poetry of India|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2015|isbn=978-0190633394|page=464}}</ref> In later Hindu texts he is the king of Mahodayapura, and also the father of Satyavatī, the wife of R̥cīka.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mani|first=Vettam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvXsDwAAQBAJ&q=G%C4%81dhi&pg=PP5|title=Puranic Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Work with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature|date=2015-01-01|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-0597-2|pages=271|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Witzel|first=Michael|title=The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity|publisher=De Gruyter|year=1995|editor-last=Erdosy|editor-first=George|pages=314|chapter=Ṛgvedic history: poets, chieftains and polities}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Gādhi
Personal
ReligionVedism
ChildrenViśvāmitra, Satyavatī (epic tradition)
Parents
  • Kuśika Aiṣīrathi (father)

Gādhi, historically known as Gāthin, was the father of Viśvāmitra. Gāthin Kauśika was a Rigvedic rishi and the author of two hymns in Mandala 3 of the Rigveda.[1] In later Hindu texts he is the king of Mahodayapura, and also the father of Satyavatī, the wife of R̥cīka.[2][3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Stephanie Jamison (2015). The Rigveda –– Earliest Religious Poetry of India. Oxford University Press. p. 464. ISBN 978-0190633394.
  2. Mani, Vettam (2015-01-01). Puranic Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Work with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 271. ISBN 978-81-208-0597-2.
  3. Witzel, Michael (1995). "Ṛgvedic history: poets, chieftains and polities". In Erdosy, George (ed.). The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity. De Gruyter. p. 314.