In the "subrahmanya" formula, Ahalya does not have a husband. The "Sadvimsha Brahmana" does not explicitly state that Ahalya has a husband, although Kaushika (interpreted by most scholars as Ahalya's husband) is present in the story and his relationship to her can be inferred through Indra's adoption of the Brahmin's form to "visit" Ahalya. Renate Söhnen-Thieme, research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, feels that the Kaushika of the "Sadvismha Brahmana" is the same individual described as cursing Indra in the 5th- to 4th-century BCE epic "Mahabharata" (discussed below in "Curse and redemption").