Vāmadeva
c. 1350 BCE · Kurukshetra
Legendary Vedic seer; no historical dates. The conventional placement ties him to the Rigvedic family books, the fourth maṇḍala being traditionally ascribed to his lineage. The figure is mythic and the year is a stratum-based convention.
Vāmadeva (traditionally Vāmadeva Gautama) is a legendary seer to whom the fourth book (Maṇḍala) of the Rigveda is traditionally ascribed, including a hymn (RV 4.26) whose opening verse expresses a striking claim of mystic identity — "I was Manu, I was the Sun" — later quoted in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (1.4.10) as an early expression of the self's unity with the cosmic principle. He is also remembered as a family priest of the Ikṣvāku line in some traditions, named alongside Vasiṣṭha among King Daśaratha's priests in the Rāmāyaṇa. He is known through scripture and legend rather than historical record.
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