Vasistha Maitravaruni : Vasishtha is one of the Prajāpatis. A hymn of Rig-Veda represents him to have sprung from Mitra & Varuna, hence his patronymic Maitra Vāruni. He authored the 7th Mandala of the Rig Veda which describes his & his family’s role in the Battle of the Ten Kings (q.v.) making him the only mortal besides Bhāva to have a Rigvedic hymn dedicated to him. He also authored the Vasishtha Samhita – a book on the Vedic system of electional astrology. His wife Arundhati was a great Yogini. He was Kūla-guru of the Ikshvākūs. In the 7th, i.e., the present Manvantara, Vasīshtha was given Kāmadhenu, the Divine Cow, who fulfilled any wish expressed by her owner.
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