Who was Dadhichi?

Dadhichi (दधीचि): The Sage Who Gave His Bones, one of the divine beings in the Mahabharata. The great rishi of the Sarasvati whose austerities made his very bones harder than any weapon.

Quick Facts

Key facts about Dadhichi
Sanskrit name	दधीचि
Title / Epithet	The Sage Who Gave His Bones
Faction	Divine Beings
Key traits	selfless, austere, fearless
Featured in	1 story

About Dadhichi

The great rishi of the Sarasvati whose austerities made his very bones harder than any weapon. Asked by the gods for them, he gladly gave up his body so that the Vajra could be fashioned from his spine and the demon Vritra slain.

In Their Words

This body was always going to the fire - let it go as a weapon of the gods instead.
Dadhichi

Traits

selfless
austere
fearless

Story Appearances

The Slaying of VritraThe giver of the thunderbolt 10 min

Stories Featuring Dadhichi

One further tale on this site names Dadhichi.

The Boy Who Kept the VedasA twelve-year famine strips the Vedas from sixty thousand sages - except one boy fed by a riverShalya Parva

Places in Dadhichi's Story

Drawn from the story Dadhichi appears in.

Saraswatiसरस्वती

Others counted among the Divine Beings.