HARISCHANDRA
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V12,
Page 953
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
HARISCHANDRA
, in See also:Hindu See also:mythology, the 28th See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:Solar See also:race
.
He was renowned for his piety and See also:justice
.
He is the central figure of legends in the Aitareyabrahmana, Mahabharata and the Markandeyapurana
.
In the first he is represented as so desirous of a son that he vows to See also:Varuna that if his See also:prayer is granted the boy shall be eventually sacrificed to the latter
.
The See also:child is See also:born, but Harischandra, after many delays, arranges to See also:purchase another's son and make a vicarious See also:sacrifice
.
According to the Mahabharata he is at last promoted to See also:Paradise as the See also:reward for his munificent charity
.
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