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rishi (Sanskrit: "seer; one who sees") — is a word that simply means a sage or a divine seer in general. the great sages of ancient India who, in deep states of meditation (communion with the cosmos), and through spiritual experimentation, discovered the underlying, fundamental truths of the Universe, and whose teachings formed the basis for the spiritual culture of the ancient Vedic civilization.
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Is there any proof that none of our ancient rishis were unmarried or left their families?
Yes, we have a proof that Yajnavalkya was married and taken Sanyasa:
Quoting from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:
IV-v-1: Now Yajnavalkya had two wives, Maitreyi and Katyayani. Of these Maitreyi used to di …
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What is the story of Rishi Shakti?
Shakti is the father of Parashara and son of Vashishtha. Vashistha is well-known sage, Guru of Sri Rama, seer (द्रष्टा) of Vedic hymns and is among one of Shaptarshi. Parasara is also well-known sage …
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Who are Rishi Asita and Devala?
Recently, while searching for the information about Pravara (प्रवर) regarding this question, I found that Pravara refers to best among Rishi who are seer of Vedic hymns. … I want to know Who are Rishi Asita and Devala? Is there any mention of him in Vedas (as a Mantra Drashta Rishi?) or Brahmanas of Vedas? …
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Who was Rishi Talavkara, the founder of Talavkar Shakha of Samaveda?
While answering this question, I have found that Talavkar is the name of Rishi who was probably student of Jaimini and this rishi Talavkar has wrote an Aranyaka taught by Rishi Jaimini. … Talavkar Aranyaka and upanishad belonging to it - Kena Upanishad is also many times called "Talavkar Upanishad"
What I found from preface of the book is:
So, it might be interesting to know about Rishi …
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Rishi Bharadvaj's association to Saamveda
Note: This is the partial answer which explains it's association with Rigveda and possibly with Samaveda.
Visit How did the Vedas in Hinduism come into existence? and some information on Rigveda.
Bh …
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Which are all Rishis whom Rama met during his Exile of 14 years?
Rishis are available but following is the list of Rishis described in Valmiki Ramayana (quoting text from valmiki.iitk.ac.in and valmikiramayan.net):
Bhāradvāja
Rama along with Sita and Lakshmana met Rishi … Atri & Anasūyā
After leaving Citrakūṭa, they meet Rishi Atri. …
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Reference of the divine Sage Narada in The Vedas
Talking about Samhitas of Vedas, Narada is a seer of 33 mantras of 13th Suktas of 8th Mandala of Rigveda but there is no mention of Narada in the text of Rigveda.
Narada is mentioned in Atharva Veda …
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What is the story of Rishika Vagambharni who had reached the stage of identifying herself wi...
While chanting Devishukta of Rigveda (10.125) in recently passed Navaratri time, I came to know about daughter of Ṛṣi Aṃbhṛṇa, named Vāk (also known as Vāk + Aṃbhṛṇa = Vāgāṃbhṛṇi). It is said that s …
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Which are all Rishis whom Rama met during his Exile of 14 years?
I am interested in knowing stories of various ancient Rishis and hence I sometimes look for those stories from Puranas and Itihasas. I had watched Ramayana TV series in my child hood. Recently governm …
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How did Rishis perform Tapasya (transcendental meditation) so that they heard Shruti/Veda?
The oldest and primary scripture we do have is Veda and we know that ancient Rishis heard Veda in the state of Tapasya directly from Ishwara and that is called Shruti.
But one question often comes in …
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Who was the sage who witnessed Mahabharata and Ramayana multiple times?
He is Kakbhushuda(काक भुशुण्ड). There is a story of Kakbhushunda in Yogvashishtha, Nirvan Prakaran Purvardh, Sarga 14-25.
Quoted text is from Yogvashishtha English translation part-3.
Vashishtha di …
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Who are the 5 terrestrial Rishies that were mentioned in Rig Veda II.34.14?
They are Five Prāṇas i.e Prāṇa, Apāna, Vyāna, Udāna, Samāna who constitutes Prāṇamaya Kosha (see Taittiriya Upanishad 2.3.1) and hence the body. They are considered equivalent to five Hotṛs in doin …
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Is the Anukramani index of sages and deities of the Rig Veda available online?
Available at VedicGranth.org (the site looks related to Arya Samaj or Dayananda Sarasvati)
As an excel Spread Sheets in .xls : here and here.
I recommend to check it once, it's very useful and in ni …
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What are the Vedas technically? How can Upanishads be called Vedas when some parts are neith...
As I've mentioned in my this answer, Though Brahmana, Aranyaka & Upanishads are not hymns heard (or seen) by ancient Rishis in Tapasya, they are considered to be forming the part of Vedas. Actually Sa …
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