Kratu
c. 1450 BCE · Pushkar
Legendary primordial sage with no historical existence; a mind-born son of Brahmā and Prajāpati in Puranic cosmology. The date is a conventional early-stratum placement carrying no historical claim.
Kratu is a legendary primordial sage counted among the mind-born sons (manasaputras) of Brahmā and the Prajāpatis, and is traditionally numbered among the Saptarishis (seven great sages) of the Svāyambhuva Manvantara. He appears mainly in the genealogical and cosmological material of the epics and Purāṇas. He is a mythological figure with no historical basis.
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