[viśvaṃ mitraṃ yasya, viśva- sya mitraṃ vā pūrvapadadīrghaḥ; P. VI. 3. 130] [Page0997-c+ 61] N. of a celebrated sage. [He was originally a Kṣatriya, being the king of Kanyakubja and son of Gādhi. One day while out hunting, he went to the hermitage of the great sage Vasiṣṭha, and seeing there the cow of plenty, of- fered him untold treasures in ex- change for it, but being refused he tried to take it by force. A long...