Viśvavārā
c. 1300 BCE · Kurukshetra
Legendary Rigvedic woman seer (rishikā) of the Ātreya lineage, credited with hymn 5.28 of the Rigveda. No historical dates exist; the date is a Rigvedic-stratum convention and historicity is uncertain.
Viśvavārā is a legendary woman seer (rishikā) of the Rigveda, traditionally counted in the family of Atri (the patronymic Ātreyī), credited with the hymn to Agni in the fifth book (Rigveda 5.28). She is among the rishikās whose hymns the Rigveda preserves, and her hymn is one of the passages that depicts a woman performing the sacrificial rite: its verses describe greeting the dawn, approaching the kindled sacred fire bearing the offering-ladle, and invoking Agni for protection and well-being. Her figure is known only through scripture and later tradition. As a shared motif rather than any historical link, the tradition of women credited with composing sacred song in scripture finds a typological parallel in the biblical victory-songs ascribed to women such as Miriam (Exodus 15) and Deborah (Judges 5).
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