Kaṇva
c. 1350 BCE · Prayagraj
Legendary Vedic seer; no historical dates. He is the eponym of the Kāṇva hymn-family and a recension of the Yajurveda, and the foster-father of Śakuntalā in epic tradition. The date is a Rigvedic-stratum convention; historicity is uncertain.
Kaṇva is a legendary seer associated with a family of Rigvedic hymns (much of Maṇḍala 8 is attributed to the Kāṇva poets) and with the Kāṇva recension of the Śukla (White) Yajurveda, the Kāṇva śākhā being one of its two surviving recensions. In epic and dramatic tradition he is the forest sage who raised Śakuntalā at his hermitage. He is known through scripture and legend rather than historical record.
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Jewish world
- Yehoshua bin Nun (Joshua son of Nun)· 1355 BCE–1245 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
- The Seventy Elders of Israel (the Sanhedrin appointed by Moshe)· 1310 BCE–1240 BCE
- Pinchas ben Elazar HaKohen· 1280 BCE–1180 BCE
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