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Vasishtha and Agastya are born from the jar

At the sight of the nymph Urvashi the seed of Mitra and Varuna falls into a water jar; Agastya rises from the jar and Vasishtha is found on a lotus. Later texts add the quarrel with Nimi as the reason Vasishtha needed a new birth.

Mitra, Varuna, Urvashi, Vasishtha

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