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Vishvamitra is supposed to have been the first, and Yajnavalkya the last. ... By birth, he was a Su-Kshatriya, signifying a noble lineage of emperors.
Kshatriya (Sanskrit: क्षत्रिय, romanized: Kṣatriya) (from Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority"; also called Rajanya) [1] is one of the four varnas (social orders) of Hindu society and is associated with the warrior aristocracy. [2]
In this story, Vishvamitra (initially a Kshatriya) snatches Vashistha's Kamadhenu cow (called "Shabala"). With Vashistha's permission, the cow creates the non-Indo-Aryan warriors who defeat Vishvamitra's army. These warriors include the Barbaras, the Kambojas, the Pahlavas, the Shakas, and the Yavanas.
Kaushik (Hindi: कौशिक) or Kaushike (Marathi: कौशिक) or Koushik/Kousik is a surname and gotra of Brahmins named after Brahmarishi Vishvamitra. [1] Kaushik/Koushik is ancient Indian "Gotra" applied to an Indian clan. Origin of Kaushik can be referenced to an ancient Hindu text.
Meanwhile, around the same time as Jamadagni's birth, Gadhi's wife Paurakuthsu (Satyavati's mother) gave birth to a son with Kshatriya traits, named Kaushika. He later becomes the renowned Vishvamitra, who was a Kshatriya by birth, but later ascended to the status of a Brahmarishi. [4]
Vishvamitra: He was the preceptor of Rama and Lakshmana, a powerful tapasvi and Brahmarishi. [12] He bestows the knowledge of all divine weaponry to Rama and Lakshmana, leads them to kill powerful demons, and instructs them in religion and military arts. Rama: He was 7th Avatar of Lord Vishnu. Rama was an extremely powerful warrior and had ...
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad holds that Vishvamitra, Jamadagni, Upreti , Gautama, Atri, Vasishta and Kashyapa are the first Brahmin saints of the Vedic age and the sole ancestors of the Brahmin community, and while this list is largely accepted within most Brahmin communities, the identities of the saints who form the Saptarishi in fact vary ...
They are (1) Atri, (2) Bharadvaja, (3) Gautama Maharishi, (4) Jamadagni, (5) Kashyapa, (6) Vasishta and (7) Vishvamitra. To this list, Agastya is also sometimes added. These eight sages are called gotrakarins, from whom all 108 gotras (especially of the Brahmins) have evolved. For instance, from Atri sprang the Atreya and Gavisthiras gotras. [6]