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Bharadvaja (, ; 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 Saptarshis (seven great sages or Maharṣis).

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Born
1927
Died
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Works
9

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  • Love's labour lost and other stories
  • Nē nenduku rāstunnānu?
  • Phantomy quintette and other stories [by] Bharadwaja
  • Vasundhara
  • Koumudi

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Deity.affiliation
Brahmarshi, Saptarishi
Deity.father
Brihaspati
Deity.spouse
Sushila
Deity.siblings
Kacha, Revati, Kesari
Deity.children
Garga, Drona and Ilavida
Deity.type
hindu
Deity.caption
Watercolour painting of Bharadvaja, 19th century

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2000-00-00
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  • Epics and Puranic scriptures
  • Rāmāyaṇa
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography

Bharadvaja (, ; 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 Saptarshis (seven great sages or Maharṣis).

His contributions to ancient Indian literature, specifically the Rigveda, provide significant insight into ancient Vedic society. He and his family of students were the authors of Mandala 6 in the Rigveda. In the epic Mahabharata, Bharadvaja was the father of Droṇācārya, 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bharadwaja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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