Dhaumya : & his younger brother of Devala (q.v.), were priests of the Pāndavas.
... of a hermit, and he proposes to divide his wealth between his two wives, Katyayani and Maitreyi. But Maitreyi insists on his giving her instruction in spiritual wisdom. According to tradition, Dhaumya was a great teacher, and stories are told not only of Arum Uddalaka, one of his good pupils to whom we have referred earlier, but also of his other pupil Veda, who is reported to have himself become ...
... and in the manner and movement of the dumb animals and birds, a secret presence of harmony, indicating that there is nothing which should really perturb them. He too is sure that Satyavan is alive. Dhaumya proclaims that Satyavan has the marks of a long life and hence he must be living. This way the great Rishis assuage the fears of the worried parents. Then, not too long afterwards, Satyavan ...
... birds are finding voice, and the manner in which you have been doing the things befitting a king, all this goes to show that Satyavan is living. Dhaumya said: As your son is rich in merit, and is handsome, as he is dear to everyone, and as he has the marks of a person with long life, from that it is clear that Satyavan is living. ...
... of a hermit, and he proposes to divide his wealth between his two wives, Katyayani and Maitreyi. But Maitreyi insists on his giving her instruction in spiritual wisdom. According to tradition, Dhaumya was a great teacher, and stories are told not only of Aruni Uddalaka, one of his good pupils to whom we have referred earlier, but also of his other pupil Veda, who is reported to have himself become ...
... recall Satyavan's childhood doings, and off and on piteous cries escape them regarding the fate of the young couple. One by one the elderly brahmins—Suvarchas, Gautama, Bharadvaja, Dalbhya, Mandavya, Dhaumya—tell the aged parents that since Savitri is chaste and well behaved, as she has completed her vow, as she has no marks that indicate possible widowhood, as Satyavan himself is rich in virtues and his ...
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