VĪTIHOTRA I A King in ancient India. Vītihotra was one of the ten sons born to Priyavrata by his wife Barhiṣmatī, the daughter of Viśvakarmā. Agnīdhra, Idhmajihva, Yajñabāhu, Mahāvīra, Hiraṇyaretas, Ghṛtapṛṣṭha, Savana, Medhātithi and Kavi were the brothers of Vītihotra.
[Bhāgavata, Skandha 5] .
VĪTIHOTRA II The husband of Śabarī in her previous life. (See under Śabarī).
VĪTIHOTRA III The eldest of the hundred sons of Tālajangha. When Tālajaṅgha was defeated by Paraśurāma, he and his men went to the Himālayas under the leadership of Vītihotra and hid themselves there. They returned when Paraśurāma had gone to Mahendragiri for penance.
[Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 89] .
VĪTIHOTRA IV A Kingdom of ancient India. It is mentioned in
[Mahābhārata, Droṇa Parva, Chapter 70, Stanza 12] , that all the Kṣatriyas of this country were exterminated by Paraśurāma.