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| children    = [[Vishvamitra]], Satyavati{{sfn|Mani|2015}}
| children    = [[Vishvamitra]], Satyavati
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'''Gādhi''' is a [[Kshatriya]] king, and the father of Kaushika (future Vishwamitra) and Satyavati (grandmother of [[Parashurama]]).{{sfn|Mani|2015}} In the vedas, he '''Gaathin''' was priest. He was the son of Kushika, and the father of [[Vishvamitra]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephanie Jamison|title=The Rigveda –– Earliest Religious Poetry of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1LTRDwAAQBAJ|year=2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0190633394|page=464}}</ref>
'''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>


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* <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|language=en}}</ref>
 
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Gādhi
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ReligionHinduism
ChildrenVishvamitra, Satyavati
Parents
  • Kushika (father)

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.[1] In later Hindu texts he is the king of Mahodayapura, and also the father of Satyavati.[2]

References

  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.