29-463: Angiras is a Vedic sage who formulated the fourth Veda. Angiras may also refer to: Angiras Angiras or Angira ( Sanskrit : अङ्गिरा , IAST : Aṅgirā , Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐŋɡirɐ:] ) was a Vedic rishi (sage) of Hinduism . He is described in the Rigveda as a teacher of divine knowledge, a mediator between men and gods, as well as stated in other hymns to be
58-470: A rishi of Adi-rishi tradition. He is one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis , and one of the many Prajapatis (the facilitators of creation) created by Brahma . The first compiler of predictive astrology and also the author of Bhrigu Samhita , an astrological ( jyotisha ) classic. Bhrigu is considered a manasaputra ("mind-born-son") of Brahma . The adjectival form of the name, Bhārgava ,
87-477: Is Angiras. The name Angirasas is applied generically to several Puranic individuals. Further, the Vedic sage Angiras appears in medieval Hindu texts with contradictory roles as well as many different versions of his birth, marriage and biography. In some, he is described to be the son of Brahma , in others he is one of many Prajapatis . Depending on the legend, he has one, two or four wives. In one myth, his wife
116-527: Is better known than Bhrigu himself – Shukra , learned sage and guru of the asuras . The sage Chyavana is also said to be his son with Puloma, as is the folk hero Mrikanda . [Maha:1.5] One of his descendants was sage Jamadagni , who in turn was the father of sage Parashurama , considered an avatar of Vishnu . Bhṛgu is mentioned in the Shiva Purana and the Vayu Purana , where he
145-473: Is considered to be a Daitya-Guru, teacher of the Asuras . Shukra learned the mṛtyu sañjivini vidya from Lord Shiva , with which he could revive the dead and grant them immortality. Additionally, Shukra is also known the planet Venus in astronomical terms. Once, while Puloma was pregnant with Chyavana, Bhṛgu had gone for a bath. While he was gone, an asura who was also named Puloma came to Bhrigu's āśrama in
174-562: Is credited as being the source of great number of Vedic Hymns and mantras and also believed to have introduced fire-worship along with sage Bhrigu . He is one of Saptarishis in the Puranas . Ghora of the Angiras family is identified by some scholars as Neminatha , the twenty-second tirthankara in Jainism . Bhrigu Bhrigu ( Sanskrit : भृगु , IAST : Bhṛgu ) is
203-767: Is in Maruderi, Chengalpattu district in Tamil Nadu. Khedbrahma in Gujarat is associated with Brahma and Bhṛgu's legend of testing the Trimurti. Lastly, Bhṛgu migrated to Bhuinj Satara , Maharashtra where he took Samadhi . His āśrama and his daughter 's temple also situated there. His son 's āśrama and samadhi are also situated on Chyavaneshwar hill near Bhuinj. In Tattiriya Upanishad , first six anuvakas of Bhrigu Valli are called Bhargavi Varuni Vidya , which means "the knowledge Bhrigu got from (his father) Varuni". It
232-414: Is in these anuvakas that sage Varuni advises Bhrigu with one of the oft-cited definition of Brahman, as "that from which beings originate, through which they live, and in which they re-enter after death, explore that because that is Brahman". This thematic, all encompassing, eternal nature of reality and existence develops as the basis for Bhrigu's emphasis on introspection and inwardization, to help peel off
261-612: Is shown present during the great yajna of Daksha (his father-in-law). He supports the continuation of the Daksha yajna even after being warned that without an offering for Shiva , it was asking for a catastrophe for everyone present there. In the Tattiriya Upanishad , he is described to have had a conversation with his father Varuni on Brahman . In the Bhagavad Gita , Krishna says that among sages, Bhrigu
290-476: Is stated to be Surūpa and his sons are Utathya, Samvartana and Brahaspati. Other accounts say that he married Smriti (memory), the daughter of Daksha and later married Svadha (oblation). Yet other Puranic accounts state, he married Shubha and they had seven daughters named after aspects of "fire" and a son named Brihaspati . In some legends, sage Brihaspati is his son. According to one legend, Angirasa turned his senses inwards and meditated on Para Brahman ,
319-488: Is the representative of the opulence of God . The Bhagavata Purana describes a legend in which sages gathered at the bank of the river Sarasvati to participate in a great yajna . The gathered sages could not decide who among the Trimurti (supreme trinity) of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva was pre-eminent and should be the recipient of the yajna . They deputed Bhrigu to determine this answer. Upon being entrusted with
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#1732773066394348-460: Is used to refer to the descendants and the school of Bhṛgu. According to Manusmriti , Bhṛgu was a compatriot of and lived during the time of Svāyambhuva Manu , the progenitor of humanity. Along with Manu, Bhṛgu had made important contributions to the Manusmṛti , which was constituted out of a sermon to a congregation of saints in the state of Brahmavarta, after the great floods in this area. As per
377-588: The Skanda Purana , Bhṛgu migrated to Bhrigukaccha, modern Bharuch , on the banks of the Narmada river in Gujarat , leaving his son Chyavana at Dhosi Hill . According to Bhagavata Purana , he was married to Khyati , one of the nine daughters of Prajāpati Kardama . She was the mother of Lakshmi as Bhargavi . They also had two sons named Dhata and Vidhata. He had one more son with Kavyamata , who
406-564: The Gautamas, and the Bhāradvājas composed Mandalas II, IV, and VI respectively. Other than crediting authorship, the Vedic texts mention sage Angiras in various roles such as a fire priest or a singer. For example, the allegorical hymn 3.31 of the Rigveda calls him a singer: The most inspired one came, assuming a friendly attitude, The rock made ripe (its) fruit for the one who performs
435-572: The authors of some hymns in the first, second, fifth, eighth, ninth, and tenth books of the Rigveda . By the time of the composition of the Rigveda, the Angirases were an old Rishi clan, and were stated to have participated in several events. Many hymns of the Rigveda credit the Angirases as their authors, mainly in Mandalas I and VIII. Various Angirasa sub-clans, including the Śunahotras,
464-410: The chest to wake him up, enraged by the perceived insult. Vishnu woke up, greeted Bhṛgu, and starts massaging his feet, regarding his chest to have been sanctified due to its contact with the sage's foot. Overpowered with emotion, Bhṛgu went back to the sages and declared Vishnu to be the greatest among the Trimurti. According to some traditions, Vishnu's consort Lakshmi grew angry at him because
493-445: The chest was considered as Lakshmi's place ( vakshasthala ) and left Vaikuntha to be born on earth. She was found on a lotus flower, and was raised by Bhrigu and his wife Khyati, which is why another name of Lakshmi is Bhargavi, daughter of Bhṛgu. Since she was found on a lotus, she is also called Padmavati. A variation of this is the legend behind Tirupati , in which a furious Lakshmi is born as Padmavati on earth and Vishnu assumes
522-532: The creator of the creator, for several years. The great Tejas he got by birth had multiplied infinitely by his penance. He attained many divine qualities, powers, and riches, and control over many worlds. But he was oblivious of all the worldly attainments and did not stop his penance. Due to this penance he became one with the Para-Brahman and thus attained the state of “Brahmarshi”. He had visions of many Vedic Mantras and brought them to this earthly world. He
551-426: The first of Agni -devas (fire gods). In some texts, he is considered to be one of the seven great sages or Saptarishis , but in others he is mentioned but not counted in the list of seven great sages. In some manuscripts of Atharvaveda , the text is attributed to "Atharvangirasah", which is a compound of sage Atharvan and Angira. The student family of Angira are called "Angira", and they are credited to be
580-484: The fleers was Aarushi, who was pregnant at that time. In order to protect her unborn child, she hid her garbha (womb) in her thigh as she fled. The Kshatriyas, however, found out about this and caught her. As she was getting captured, her thigh broke and a child came out. The child was radiating immensely, and his light blinded the Kshatriya kings. The kings realized their mistakes and asked for forgiveness. The child, who
609-774: The form of Srinivasa and Venkateswara . Bhrigu is regarded to have had his ashram (hermitage) on the Vadhusar River, a tributary of the Drishadwati River near Dhosi Hill in the state of Brahmavarta , presently on the border of Haryana and the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan in India . His son Chyavana, known for Chyavanprash also had his āśrama at Dhosi Hill. Bhṛgu is also worshipped at Bharuch , Swamimalai , Tirumala , Ballia , Nanguneri , Thiruneermalai , and Mannargudi . An āśrama for Bhṛgu
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#1732773066394638-411: The form of a boar and kidnapped, or carried away, Bhṛgu's wife. Because of this, Bhṛgu's wife had a miscarriage. Despite being prematurely born, the infant was radiating light like the sun, which burned the asura into ashes. Later, when Puloma went back to Bhrigu with her prematurely-born yet miraculous child, Bhṛgu asked her how the asura had come to know of the location of the āśrama. She revealed that it
667-674: The group of sorcerers in Atharvaveda also named Angirasa , and according to Muller, the Vedic rishi is also different from a class of divine beings who too are called Angirasa in the Vedic texts and described as "sprung from coals ( angara )". In Buddhist Pali canonical texts such as Digha Nikaya , Tevijja Sutta describes a discussion between the Buddha and Vedic scholars of his time. The Buddha names ten rishis , calls them "early sages" and makers of ancient verses that have been collected and chanted in his era, and among those ten rishis
696-467: The kind deed, The young hero attained (his aim) with the youths, assuming a warlike attitude, And here right away, the singing Angiras appeared. According to Max Muller —a professor of Sanskrit and Indology at the Oxford University—the sage Angiras in Vedic literature is different from the plural term Angirasa , and these terms refer to different people. The Angiras rishi is different from
725-629: The outer husks of knowledge, in order to reach and realize the innermost kernel of spiritual self-knowledge. Bhrigu decided to write his famous books of astrology, the Bhrigu Samhita . Bhrigu collected birth charts, wrote full-life predictions, and compiled them together as Bhrigu Samhita . Bhrigu Samhita is believed to be one of the first book of its kind in the field of astrology . The lineage of Bhrigu includes Shukra , Chyavana , Aurva , Richika, Jamadagni , Parashurama , Bhargava , Balai , and Dadhichi . Shukra, son of Bhṛgu,
754-403: The sage. Bhṛgu, however, refused the embrace, and tested him by calling the deity a maligner of social conventions and rituals. Shiva was infuriated and prepared to strike the sage with his trident , but was calmed by his consort, Parvati . The sage then travelled to the abode of Vishnu, Vaikuntha . Vishnu was resting his head on the lap of Lakshmi when the sage arrived. Bhṛgu kicked Vishnu on
783-399: The task, Bhṛgu decided to test each of the Trimurti. He first visited Brahma at Satyaloka , and to test his patience, he refused to sing in his praise or prostrate before him. Brahma grew angry, but realised that his son was testing him and allowed him to pass. Bhṛgu left for Kailasha , the abode of Shiva. Upon seeing the sage, Shiva rose to his feet and moved forward with great joy to embrace
812-524: Was Agni who had told the asura Puloma about their whereabouts. Angered, Bhṛgu cursed Agni that he would consume all that came in his way. Aurva was the son of Chyavana and his wife Aarushi (daughter of Manu). After King Krutavirya's death, his sons invaded the Bhargava rishis' ashrams to get their wealth. Since the Kshatriyas were hunting them down, the rishis had to leave their ashrams. Among
841-515: Was Aurva, returned their eyesight, however, his strong hatred towards the Kshatriyas remained even as he grew older. Aurva began to perform austerities to bring justice to his ancestors ( pitrus ) for how the Kshatriya kings had treated them, and the rigorousness of his austerities caused the world to start burning down. Frightened by the destruction caused by Aurva's intense austerities, Aurva's pitrus appeared before him, and pleaded him to withdraw
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