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काक्षीवान् (kAkSIvAn)

 
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काक्षीवान् / KĀKṢĪVĀN. A son of Maharṣi gautama. mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 21, Verse 3 states that at the time when gautama was living in girivraja, he had connection with a śūdra woman of uśīnara land and as a result of it kākṣīvān was born to her. This gautama was not the husband of ahalyā.(1) It is also stated elsewhere that kākṣīvān was the son of dīrghatamas, the father of gautama. See under Diṛghatamas.) kākṣīvān had a son named caṇḍakauśika and two daughters named bhadrā and ghoṣā. mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 17 states that kākṣīvān flourished in Yudhiṣṭhira's assembly.