Asita
Asita
Asita is a name used for more than one person in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Asita: an ancient king of the Ikshvāku line of the Sūryavaṃśa, named in the family history that Vasishṭha Maharshi recites. Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, the chapters of Vasishṭha’s account of the line (within Chapters 100–110)
- Asita Muni: one of the five great ones to whom the devas gave the five wish-fulfilling cows of the churning. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 69
- Asita (Son of Pracetas): a muni, the son of Pracetas, who did tapas for a son, praised Śiva, received Rādhā‘s mantra and by Rādhā’s vara became the father of Devala. Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 30