Mudgala
Mudgala
Mudgala is a name used for more than one being or place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Mudgala: the ṛshi who lived by uñcha-vṛtti, fed Durvāsa Maharshi six times without anger and turned down the chariot to svarga; Mudgala in Yamaloka tells his visit to the world of Yama. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapters 260–261; Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 66; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 38–39, 64; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 153
- Bhṛśuṇḍi and Mudgala: Mudgala Muni, who met the Kaivartta hunter Bhṛśuṇḍi at a Gaṇeśa tīrtha and gave him the mantra “Gaṇeśāya namaḥ”. Gaṇeśa Purāṇa, Upāsanā Khaṇḍa, Chapters 57–58
Places
- Mudgala Āśrama: the hermitage of Mudgala Maharshi in the south, where Agastya Maharshi gave two divine kāṅkaṇas to Kuśa and Lava. Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Rājya Khaṇḍa, Chapter 17
Named in passing
- Mudgala Muni of Dvārakā: the muni who met Śrī Kṛshṇa at Dvārakā and told him how he was brought to the sabhā of Yamarāja by mistake, told on Narakārti-vināśinī Trayodaśī Vrata. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 89
- Mudgala the kshatriya: the king of Kauṇḍinyanagara, son of Bhīshmaka, whom the Yamadūtas were sent to bring, told on Narakārti-vināśinī Trayodaśī Vrata. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 89
- Mudgala, son of Bharmyāśva: the eldest of the five Pañcālas, father of Divodāsa and Ahalyā, told on Ahalyā. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 21
- Mudgala, disciple of Śākalya: one of the five to whom Śākalya taught the five parts of his saṃhitā, told on Paila. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 12, Chapter 6