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Lomaharṣaṇa

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Lomaharṣaṇa literally means ‘one who raises the hair of the listeners’.

Lomaharṣaṇa is also spelt as Romaharṣaṇa. It is a familiar figure that we come across in the purāṇas as the chief narrator, especially to the ṛṣis engaged in a Sattrayāga and mostly in Naimiṣāraṇya, the Naimiṣa forest. This forest is identified with the modern Nimsar in Uttar Pradesh. He was also known as Sutapurāṇika. He was a disciple of Vedavyāsa. His son was Ugraśravas who later on took his father’s place as the chief narrator of purāṇas.

Lomaharṣaṇa had six disciples through whom the purāṇas gradually took the present shape. They were:

  1. Sumati
  2. Agnivarcas
  3. Mitrāyus
  4. Sāiṅsapāyana
  5. Akṛtavarṇa
  6. Sāvarṇi


References[edit]

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

Contributors to this article

Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti

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