File:Vararuci and Gunadhya.PNG

Vararuci and Gunadhya
Pushpadanta was born as Vararuci and Malyavan was born as Gunadhya.

Pushpadanta wandered the earth as the mortal Vararuci, also known as Katyayana. When he had perfected his knowledge of the sciences and after he had served King Nanda as a minister, he grew weary of that kind of life and set off to visit the shrine of the goddess Durga. The Goddess Durga was pleased with his penance and directed him in a dream to visit Kanabhuti in the forests of the Vindhyas....Read Kathapita...Sivkishen Ji, Author