Saptarshi

thumb|Saptarishi: Vishvamitra (top left), [[Jamadagni (top middle), Gautama (top right), Vashishtha (in the middle, beardless), Kashyapa (down left), Bharadvaja (down middle, in a yogic asana, upside down), Atri (down right). Pahari, from a Bandralta-Mankot workshop; . Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh]]

thumb|right|250px|In traditional Indian astronomy|Hindu astronomy, the seven stars of the [[Big Dipper are identified with the names of Saptarshis]] The Saptarshi ( ) are the seven seers of ancient India who are extolled in the Vedas, and other Hindu literature such as the Skanda Purana. The Vedic Samhitas never enumerate these rishis by name, although later Vedic texts such as the Brahmanas and Upanisads do, so these constellations are easily recognizable.