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Kautsa

Pupil of the sage Varatantu, who comes to King Raghu for his teacher's fee of fourteen crores. In Maharashtra the gold he leaves under the apta trees is the gold of Dasara.

Sources: Raghuvamsha of Kalidasa, canto 5, Sanskrit with word-by-word gloss (Giirvaani, on sanskritdocuments.org), with sanskritsahitya.org; Dasara and the apta leaf: the story of Kautsa's gold (Lokmat; Divya Marathi) · see Kautsa's web

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Kautsa celebrated at

Dussehra (Festival) Folk · The gold that fell on Ayodhya (Raghu and Kautsa)
The apta leaves given as gold on Dasara recall the gold he left for the people.

Kautsa received a boon from

Raghu (King) All traditions · The gold that fell on Ayodhya (Raghu and Kautsa)
Gives him the whole heap of gold that rained into the treasury.

Kautsa taught by

Varatantu (Sage) All traditions · The gold that fell on Ayodhya (Raghu and Kautsa)
Asks fourteen crores, one for each branch of learning.

Stories 1

The gold that fell on Ayodhya (Raghu and Kautsa)
Legend · as the scholar · 2 tellings

Cited

Raghuvamsha of Kalidasa, canto 5, Sanskrit with word-by-word gloss (Giirvaani, on sanskritdocuments.org), with sanskritsahitya.org § 5.1 Primary text (translation)
Raghuvamsha of Kalidasa, canto 5, Sanskrit with word-by-word gloss (Giirvaani, on sanskritdocuments.org), with sanskritsahitya.org § 5.21 Primary text (translation)
Dasara and the apta leaf: the story of Kautsa's gold (Lokmat; Divya Marathi) Media