Bhṛgu
c. 1450 BCE · Bharuch
Legendary primordial seer; no historical dates. He is the eponym of the Bhārgava priestly lineage and is traditionally credited with the astrological Bhṛgu Saṃhitā. The early date reflects his archaic status by convention only; historicity is uncertain.
Bhṛgu is a legendary archaic seer, counted among the Prajāpatis and the Saptarṣis and described in tradition as a "mind-born" son of Brahmā (other accounts make him a son or foster-son of Varuṇa). He is the eponymous ancestor of the Bhārgava priestly family, a clan portrayed in the Ṛgveda as ancient fire-priests associated with Agni and closely linked to the god Varuṇa. Later Purāṇic tradition links him to a famous test of the three great gods (the Trimūrti — Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva) and to astrological literature attributed to him, the Bhṛgu Saṃhitā. The town of Bharuch (Bhṛgukaccha), on the Narmada in Gujarat, is traditionally named after him. He is a mythological rather than historical figure; any assigned dates are conventional and not based on evidence.
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