A hermit. It is seen in उत्तर रामायण that this hermit called on श्री राम on his return from लङ्का .

A hermit who was famous in the Palace of युधिष्ठिर . Information about this hermit, found in the महाभारत is given below:

रैभ्य who was a friend of भरद्वाज had two sons named अर्वावसु and परावसु . They were great scholars. [mh-3-135-12 ] Mahābhārata • Vana parva .

भरद्वाज once forbade his son यवक्रीत from going to the hermitage of रैभ्य . Getting angry at this, रैभ्य struck his matted hair on the ground and created a wicked fairy and ordered her to kill यवक्रीत . Knowing this भरद्वाज ran to that place and cursed रैभ्य that his eldest son would kill him.

Once परावसु , mistaking his father for a cruel animal killed him. By the effort of his second son अर्वावसु , रैभ्य was brought to life again. [mh-3-138-137 ] Mahābhārata • Vana parva .

रैभ्य was the son of अङ्गिरस् . [mh-12-208-26 ] Mahābhārata • Śānti parva .

रैभ्य was once an assistant at the sacrifice of उपरिचरवसु . [mh-13-33-7 ] Mahābhārata • Anuśāsana parva .

रैभ्य was one of the hermits who visited भीष्म in his bed of arrows. [mh-13-26-26 ] Mahābhārata • Anuśāsana parva .

An ancient hermit. This hermit learned the सात्वतधर्म from वीरण . After that he taught his son दिक्पाल , this dharma. [mh-12-343-42 ] Mahābhārata • Śānti parva .

The father of दुष्यन्त , the husband of शकुन्तला . This रैभ्य was the son of सुमति . (Bhāgavata, Skandha 9) .

One of the sons of ब्रह्मा . Once रैभ्य went with वसु and अङ्गिरस् to बृहस्पति and asked him several questions, about the attainment of Supernal bliss. बृहस्पति replied that attainment of heaven could be had, not by action but only by devotion. रैभ्य immediately started to गया to do penance. There he met with the सनत्कुमारस् . (Varāha Purāṇa)

उर्वशी made an earnest effort to hinder the severe vow and penance of रैभ्य . But it was of no use, and by his curse, that celestial woman became ugly. She entreated him for liberation from the curse. Raibhya blessed her and said that she could obtain her original form by bathing in योधिनीकुण्ड . (Yoginī Kuṇḍa) . Urvaśī bathed in योधिनीकुण्ड and from that day onwards that तीर्थ (holy bath) came to be known as उर्वशीयोगिनीकुण्ड .