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Rshyashringa (Samskrit : ऋष्यशृङ्गः) was the son of sage Vibhandaka. This story is an example of an instance when details about Ramayana are discussed in Mahabharata.   

Rshyashringa (Samskrit : ऋष्यशृङ्गः) was the son of sage Vibhandaka (विभाण्डक . This story is an example of an instance when details about Ramayana are discussed in Mahabharata.   

== Why the name Rshyashringa? ==

== Why the name Rshyashringa? ==

Once sage Vibhandaka happened to see Urvasi at Mahahrada. At the very sight of her, the sage had an involuntary emission of semen. The semen fell in the water and just then a female deer came there to drink water. It swallowed the semen with water and in due course became pregnant and gave birth to a human child. But the child had the horns of a deer. Consequently Vibhandaka named the boy "Rshyashringa". (Page 652-653, Puranic Encyclopedia - Vettam Maṇi)<ref name=":1">Vettam. Mani, (1975). ''[https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft Puranic encyclopaedia : A comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature].'' Delhi:Motilal Banasidass.</ref>

Once sage Vibhandaka happened to see Urvasi at Mahahrada.

 

At the very sight of her, the sage had an involuntary emission of semen. The semen fell in the water and just then a female deer came there to drink water. It swallowed the semen with water and in due course became pregnant and gave birth to a human child. But the child had the horns of a deer. Consequently Vibhandaka named the boy "Rshyashringa". (Page 652-653, Puranic Encyclopedia - Vettam Maṇi)<ref name=":1">Vettam. Mani, (1975). ''[https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft Puranic encyclopaedia : A comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature].'' Delhi:Motilal Banasidass.</ref>

== Rshyashringa frees Lomapada of his curse ==

== Rshyashringa frees Lomapada of his curse ==