Apālā
c. 1300 BCE · Chitrakoot
Legendary Rigvedic woman seer (rishikā) credited with hymn 8.91 of the Rigveda. No historical dates exist; the date is a Rigvedic-stratum convention only and historicity is uncertain.
Apālā (Apālā Ātreyī) is a legendary woman seer (rishikā) of the Rigveda, traditionally regarded as a daughter of the sage Atri. She is credited with hymn RV 8.91, addressed to Indra; in the traditional narrative preserved in ancillary Vedic texts such as the Bṛhaddevatā, she suffers from a skin affliction and, through devotion and an offering of soma, is healed by Indra. She is counted among the roughly two dozen rishikās named in Vedic tradition. Her story survives through scripture and legend, not history.
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Jewish world
- The Seventy Elders of Israel (the Sanhedrin appointed by Moshe)· 1310 BCE–1240 BCE
- Yehoshua bin Nun (Joshua son of Nun)· 1355 BCE–1245 BCE
- Pinchas ben Elazar HaKohen· 1280 BCE–1180 BCE
- Moshe ben Amram (Moses our Teacher)· 1393 BCE–1273 BCE
- Aharon ben Amram (the first Kohen Gadol)· 1396 BCE–1273 BCE
- Miriam bat Amram (the Prophetess)· 1399 BCE–1273 BCE
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