Atri
c. 1400 BCE · Chitrakoot
Legendary primordial seer; no historical dates exist. The ~1400 BCE convention ties him to the Rigvedic family books, the fifth maṇḍala being ascribed to his lineage. He is also counted among the mind-born sons of Brahmā in later tradition. Historicity is uncertain and the date is conventional.
Atri is one of the legendary Saptarṣi (Seven Sages) and, in Puranic tradition, a mind-born son (mānasaputra) of Brahmā. The fifth book (Mandala 5) of the Rigveda — known as the "Atri Mandala" — is traditionally ascribed to him and his descendants. With his wife Anasūyā he features in many epic and Puranic narratives; all such accounts are legendary rather than historical.
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Chitrakoot
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The world in their lifetime
Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Atri’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Hindu world
- Marīci· 1450 BCE–
- Aṅgiras· 1450 BCE–
- Pulastya· 1450 BCE–
- Pulaha· 1450 BCE–
- Kratu· 1450 BCE–
- Bhṛgu· 1450 BCE–
- Dakṣa· 1450 BCE–
- Nārada· 1450 BCE–
- Śuka· 1450 BCE–
- Vasiṣṭha· 1400 BCE–
- Viśvāmitra· 1400 BCE–
- Kaśyapa· 1400 BCE–
- Bharadvāja· 1350 BCE–
- Gautama Maharṣi· 1350 BCE–
- Kaṇva· 1350 BCE–
- Vāmadeva· 1350 BCE–
- Dīrghatamas· 1350 BCE–
Egyptian world
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