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Dhaumya

Family priest of the Pandavas, who teaches Yudhishthira the hundred and eight names of the Sun.

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see Dhaumya's web

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Dhaumya teacher of

Yudhishthira (King) · Yudhishthira praises the Sun and receives the copper vessel
Dhaumya teaches him the 108 names of the Sun.

Stories 1

Yudhishthira praises the Sun and receives the copper vessel
Festival story · as the priest who teaches the 108 names · 4 tellings

Cited

The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § vana.3 Primary text (translation)