N. of a king of the solar dynasty. [He was the son of Tri- śanku and was famous for his liberality, probity, and unflinching ad- herence to truth. On one occasion his family-priest Vasiṣṭha commend- ed his qualities in the presence of Viśvāmitra, who refused to believe them. A quarrel thereupon ensued, and it was at last decided that Viśvāmitra should himself test the king. The sage accordingly subjected him to the...