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सनातन धर्म भूमिका

Meaning of "Likhita"

Word

Likhita

Sanskrit

In General

Sage Likhita was brother of Sage Sankha and son of Sage Sandilya. Both of them contributed for Kalpasutra and smriti literature. A story about him says, once Sudyumna, the king of the land cut off his hand for charges of eating vegetable without permission of his brother, its owner. But his hand grows into original form by the power of penance of his brother Sankha

Reference

Mahabharatha, Santhi Parva, 23

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