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Ajigarta Sauyavasi

A starving seer of the Angiras line with three sons, Shunahpuccha, Shunahshepa and Shunolangula. He sells the middle son for a hundred cows, takes a second hundred to bind him and a third to kill him, and is refused when he asks for the boy back.

Sources: Rigveda Brahmanas: the Aitareya and Kausitaki Brahmanas, tr. A. B. Keith (1920) · see Ajigarta Sauyavasi's web

Relations 1

Ajigarta Sauyavasi parent of

Shunahshepa (Sage) · Shunahshepa, the boy bound for Varuna
Father by birth in the Aitareya Brahmana and Bhagavata; the Ramayana names Richika.

Stories 1

Shunahshepa, the boy bound for Varuna
Legend · as sells, binds and would kill his son · 6 tellings

Cited

Rigveda Brahmanas: the Aitareya and Kausitaki Brahmanas, tr. A. B. Keith (1920) § aitareya.7.15-17 Primary text (translation)