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| Affiliation | Brahmarshi |
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| Siblings | Kacha, Revati, Kesari |
| Spouse | Sushila |
| Children | Garga, Drona and Ilavida |
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Bharadvaja (Sanskrit: भरद्वाज, IAST: Bharadvāja; also spelled Bharadwaja) was one of the revered Vedic sages (maharishi) in Ancient India. He was a renowned scholar, economist, grammarian and a physician. He is one of the Saptarishis (seven great sages or Maharṣis).[1]
His contributions to ancient Indian literature, specifically the Rigveda, provide significant insight into ancient Vedic society.[2][3][4] He and his family of students were the authors of Mandala 6 in the Rigveda.[5] In the epic Mahabharata, Bharadvaja was the father of Droṇācārya,[6] the guru and instructor to the Pandava and Kaurava princes in the Mahabharata. Bharadvaja is also mentioned in Charaka Samhita, an authoritative ancient Indian medical text.
- ^ Sanjana, Darab Dastur Peshotan (1898). "17. Gotama in the Avesta". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. 30 (2). Cambridge University Press: 391–394. doi:10.1017/s0035869x00025417.
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- ^ Barbara A. Holdrege (2012). Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textuality of Scripture. State University of New York Press. pp. 229, 657. ISBN 978-1-4384-0695-4.
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- ^ Stephanie Jamison; Joel Brereton (2014). The Rigveda: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. pp. 1680–1681. ISBN 978-0-19-972078-1.
- ^ "The Vishnu Purana: Book III: Chapter II".