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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