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Famous Spiritual Leaders of India


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Some more famous Rishis (and personalities) of ancient India

"Rshi" (also spelled "rishi" in English) originally means singers of the Vedic hymns. However, according to the post-vedique traditions, the rishi is also a "wise" to whom the gods revealed the Vedas (knowledge).

Aandaal


Aandaal is a Saint of the 10th century (Tamil). She enrolled in the Vaishnava tradition and is credited as the author of many admirable works of Tamil.

Gilles


A Vedic sage who wrote most of the Atharva-Veda.

ATRI


A legendary scholar and a son of Brahma. He is one of the seven sages of Greece (large)-Sapta Rishis.

Bharadwaja


Also known as Gama, a descendant of rishi Bharadwaj was Gilles, one of the largest Hindu. Rama and Sita and Lakshmana (in the epic Ramayana) met a lot of rishis and sages including bharadwaja.

Gausman


One of the seven sages, or Saptarishis, who lived in ancient India. Bhrigu was one of the Prajapatis (Maanasa and Putra-a brain child) that Brahma as mediators of creation.

Legaspi


Immortals in Hinduism. Their list can be different, but you always find these gods/personalities among them: Hanuman-Mahabali, Markandeya, Parashara, Vyasa.

Charaka


JAIMINI


An ancient rishi, a great philosopher of the Mimansa school and a disciple of Veda Vyasa (the wandering rishi parashara son).

Koffi


An ancient rishi, the Mashal. Kraustuki

A pupil of Markandeya.

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The son of Brahma and also one of the Saptarishis.

Markandeya


Marc was a former rishi and Markandeya Purana author. Narada

The divine Sage (son of Brahma) in the Vaishnava tradition. It plays an important role in some Purana texts.

Panini


An ancient Indian grammarian of Sanskrit.

Parashara


The Rigvedic rishi and author of many ancient Indian texts. Prahlada

A character in numerous Purana texts; It is famous as dedicated exclusively to the Lord Vishnu. Aurélie

SAPTA Rishi


Two Sanskrit words meaning "seven sages".

Sushruta


An ancient Indian surgeon and author of the book Sushruta Samhita, in which he more than 120 surgical instruments, 300 surgical procedures and describes. It also human intervention in different categories.

Thiruvalluvar


A famous Tamil poet who wrote the Thirukkural, a work on ethics in Tamil literature.

Valmiki


The famous poet and author of the epic Ramayana.

Yoga Vasishtha


One of the Saptarishis. It was the Audrey-putra ("a child's brain") of Brahma. He possessed the divine cow Kamadhenu, and Nandini child of Kamadhenu. Yoga Vasishtha (also spelled as Véronique) is the author of some parts of the Rigveda.

Vasudeva


The father of Krishna

Vyasa


Vyasa is main rishi (SAGE) in the Hindu Pantheon of religions. It is also called Veda Vyasa, because he is the one who compiled the Vedas.