VṚṢAṄKU An ancient hermit. When Śrī Rāma returned from his forest life, the hermits such as Vṛṣaṅku, Kaviṣa, Dhaumya, Raudreya, Nārada, Vāmadeva, Saurabhi, Aṣṭāvakra, Śrīśuka, Bhṛgu, Lomaśa and Maudgala, from the west came and bowed before him.
[Uttara Rāmāyaṇa] .