Hiraṇyāksha (of Viśvāmitra’s Line)

Hiraṇyāksha · hiraṇya-aksha, “the golden-eyed one”

Hiraṇyāksha has other meanings too: see all meanings of Hiraṇyāksha.

Hiraṇyāksha is a ṛshi of the Kauśika line, the family of Viśvāmitra Maharshi. The Brahma Purāṇa names him first among the eleven born of Śālāvatī. He is not the daitya Hiraṇyāksha, the son of Diti.

In the line of Viśvāmitra

Telling the line of Jahnu and Kuśika to the munis, the Purāṇa says that Viśvāmitra, equal to a brahmarshi, attained brāhmaṇa-hood, and that his other name was Viśvaratha. His sons were Devarāta and others, all famous. In Śālāvatī were born Hiraṇyāksha, Reṇu, Reṇuka, Sāṅkṛti, Gālava, Mudgala, Madhucchanda, Jaya, Devala, Kacchapa and Hārita. From them the gotras of the Kauśikas became famous: the Pāṇinas, Babhravas, Dhyānajapyas, Devarātas, Śālaṅkāyanas, Bāshkalas, Lohitas, Yamadūtas and Kārūshakas.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10