विश्वामित्र — {mitra} See below
विश्वामित्र — {viśvā-mitra} m. (prob.) 'friend of all', N. of a celebrated Ṛishi or Sage (having the patr. Gāthina, Gādheya, and Jāhnava##he was at first a functionary, together with Vasishṭha, of Su-dās, king of the Tṛitsus##seeing Vasishṭha preferred by the king, he went over to the Bharatas, but could not prevent their being defeated by Su-dās, although he caused the waters of the rivers Vipāś and Śutudri to retire and so give the Bharatas free passage RV. iii, 33##he was born as a Kshatriya, deriving his lineage from an ancestor of Kuśika, named Purū-ravas, of the lunar race of kings, and himself sovereign of Kanyā-kubja or Kanoj##his fame rests chiefly on his contests with the great Brāhman Vasishṭha, and his success in elevating himself. though a Kshatriya, to the rank of a Brāhman, See Manu vii, 42: the Rāmayaṇa, which makes him a companion and counsellor of the young Rāma-candra, records [i, 51-65] how Viśvāmitra, on his accession to the throne, visited Vasishṭha's hermitage, and seeing there the cow of plenty [probably typical of {go}, the earth'], offered him untold treasures in exchange for it, but being refused, prepared to take it by force##a long contest ensued between the king and the saint {symbolical of the struggles between the Kshatriya and Brāhmanical classes}, which ended in the defeat of Viśvāmitra, whose vexation was such that, in order to become a Brāhman and thus conquer his rival, he devoted himself to intense austerities [during which he was seduced by the nymph Menakā and had by her a daughter, Śakuntalā], gradually increasing the rigour of his mortification through thousands of years, till he successively earned the titles of Rājarshi, Ṛishi, Maharshi, and finally Brahmarshi##he is supposed to be the author of nearly the whole of RV. iii, and of ix, 67, 1315 ; x, 137, 5 ; 167##moreover, a law-book, a Dhanurveda, and a medical wk. are attributed to him) RV. &c. &c##a partic. Catur-aha (= {viśvāmitrasya saṃjayaḥ}) PañcavBr. KātyŚr##a partic. Anuvāka (= {viśvāmitrasyânuvākaḥ}) Pat##pl. the family of Viśvāmitra RV. AV##({ā}), f. N. of a river MBh##{-kalpa} m. {pa-taru} m. N. of wks##{-jamad-agni} m. du. Viśvāmitra and Jamad-agni RV##{-nadī} f. N. of a river MBh##{-pura} n. or {-purī} f. N. of a town ({rīya} mfn. ) PratijñāS##{-priya} m. 'dear to Viśvāmitra', the cocoa-nut tree L##N. of Kārttikeya MBh##{-rāśi} m. N. of a man Inscr##{-saṃhitā} f. N. of sev. wks##{-sṛṣṭi} f. Viśvāmitra's creation (in allusion to several things fabled to have been created by this saint in rivalry of Brahmā, e.g. the fruit of the Palmyra in imitation of the human skull, the buffalo in imitation of the cow, the ass of the horse &c.) MW##{-smṛti} f. N. of wk
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