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rishi
12 posts
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Patanjali
The first commentary on Panini’s Ashtadhyayi was written by Patañjali, one of the most famous Sanskrit grammarians of ancient India. In fact, it was with Patañjali that Indian linguistic science reached its definite…
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Maharishi Panini
There is a story in Kathasaritsagara (it is kathasaritsagara) (originally written in Paishachi (or satanic [a sort of jargon spoken by demons on the stage]) language by Gunadhya and translated into Sanskrit by Somadeva)…
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Rishi Uddalaka
Rishi Uddalaka was famous as a great teacher. He had one son by the name Shvetaketu and one daughter by the name Sujata. There were many disciples getting their education from him in his hermitage. One of the disciples…
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Ashtavakra
Kahoda was the best among other disciples of Sage Uddalaka. Uddalaka was so pleased with him for his dedication and devotion, that he had his daughter Sujata married to him. Sujata, eventually got pregnant, and with the…
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Yajnavalkya
Once king Janaka performed a major sacrifice in which he declared that a thousand cows each carrying a bag of gold coin will be presented the sage who claims to be the most eminent among the sages. None dared to come…
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Kashyapa
Kashyapa, as per the Puranic descriptions, is the father of the Devas, Asuras, Nagas and all of humanity. As per the description of the Mahabharata, he was the son of Marichi, one of the six mind-born sons…
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Maharshi Bhrigu
In the third chapter of Taittiriya Upanishad, we see the story of Bhrigu, son of Varuna. It is said here that once the celebrated sage Bhrigu approached his father Varuna requesting him to instruct about the Brahman…
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Dirghatama
“Truth is one, the wise call it in different ways.” “Heaven is my father Earth is my mother.” “What is above is moving downward and what is down is moving upward; yes, they who are below are indeed up above and they who…
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Agastya
Agastya was a famous Sage or Rishi of the Vedic period and is considered the greatest of the Seven Sages or Saptarshis. It is believed that he was the first Rishi who brought and popularized the Vedic religion to the…
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Vasishtha
When Brahma created the world, he forethought that there would be pain, suffering, miseries and grief as a result of ignorance. He was not happy with the idea and so he meditated and by his creative imagination brought…
