मधुच्छन्दस् (madhucchandas)

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Capeller Eng

English

 मधुच्छ°न्दस् m.
  names of men. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 मधु—च्छन्दस् m.
  N.
  of the 51st of Viśvā-mitra's 101 sons,  AitBr.
  
 ŚāṅkhŚr.
   &c.
  

 pl.
  N.
  of all the sons of V°,  BhP.
  

पुराणम्

English

मधुच्छन्दस् / MADHUCCHANDAS. A sage who observed correctly the āśrama of vānaprastha. He was one of the Brahmavādī sons of viśvāmitra. (Śloka. 50,  Chapter 4,  anuśāsana parva). viśvāmitra had a hundred sons like madhucchandas. (10th skandha,  bhāgavata). The first Sūkta of ṛgveda was written by this sage.

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Vedic Reference

English

 Madhu-chandas,  the reputed author of the first ten hymns of
the first Maṇḍala of the Rigveda,  is mentioned as a Ṛṣi in the
Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa^1 and the Aitareya Āraṇyaka.^2 In the
Aitareya Brāhmaṇa^3 he counts as the fifty-first son of Viśvā-
mitra,  and his Praüga (hymn at the morning service) is
mentioned in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.^4
1) xxviii. 2.
2) i. 1,  3.
3) vii. 17,  7
 18,  1
 cf. Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra,  xv. 26,  1 et seq. Cf. Keith, 
Aitareya Āraṇyaka,  167.
4) xiii. 5,  1,  8.

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