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Kashyapa (hindouisme)
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Vasu (divinité)
Vasu (devanagari : वसु) est un terme sanskrit qui désigne une des huit divinités védiques assistant Indra dans le ciel des trente-trois dieux (IAST : trayastriṃśa). Selon la Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, les huit vasu sont : Agni, le Feu Pṛthivī, la Terre Vāyu, le Vent Antarikṣa, l'Espace Āditya, le Soleil Dyaus Pitar le Ciel-Lumière, Candra, le dieu Lune Nakṣatrāṇi, l'ensemble des constellations ou maisons lunaires Selon le : Āpa, l'Eau (ou Ahar, le Jour) Dhruva, le Fixe (Étoile polaire) ou l'Espace Soma, le d
Atri
Atri (अत्रि) or Attri is a Vedic sage, who is credited with composing numerous hymns to Agni, Indra, and other Vedic deities of Hinduism. Atri is one of the Saptarishi (seven great Vedic sages) in the Hindu tradition, and the one most mentioned in its scripture Rigveda. The fifth Mandala (Book 5) of the Rigveda is called the Atri Mandala in his honour, and the eighty seven hymns in it are attributed to him and his descendants. Atri is also mentioned in the Puranas and the Hindu epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
Vinata
In Hinduism, Vinata (विनता) is the mother of Aruna and Garuda. She is one of the daughters of Prajapati Daksha. She is married to Kashyapa, along with several of her sisters. She bears him two sons, the elder being Aruna and the younger being Garuda. Vinata is a daughter of Daksha. Kadru is her elder sister, and when they both lived with Kashyapa as his wives, and attended to all his comforts, he blessed them by granting each of them a boon. Kadru asked for a thousand naga sons who should be valiant.
Aruna
Aruna ou Arun - rose ou aurore -, (en sanskrit : sa), est le nom donné au conducteur du char de Sūrya, le dieu soleil de la mythologie indienne. Fils de Kashyapa et de , Aruna est le frère de Garuda, homme-oiseau monture du dieu Vishnu. Une légende est attachée à la naissance des deux frères : Vinata pond deux œufs ; Kashyapa lui promet que, si elle attend que les œufs viennent à maturité et éclosent, ses deux fils deviendraient de grands héros.
Āditya
Āditya (sanskrit IAST ; devanagari: आदित्य) est le nom des fils de la déesse Aditi qui désigne le soleil personnifié en douze aspects radieux ou positions célestes. Les Adityas sont, dans le védisme et l'hindouisme, les fils d'Aditi et ont comme père le rishi Kashyapa. Aditi-ya: qui provient d'Aditi . Dans le Rig Veda (II, 27, 1), les Adityas sont au nombre de sept : Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, Daksha, et Surya ou Savitri.
Saptarshi
The Saptarshi (सप्तर्षि) are the seven Brahmins of ancient India who are extolled in the Vedas, and other Hindu literature. The Vedic Samhitas never enumerate these rishis by name, although later Vedic texts such as the Brahmanas and Upanisads do so. An early prototype of the "Saptarishi" concept may stem from the six families associated with the six "Family Books" in the Rigveda Samhita (Mandalas 2–7 in ascending order: Gṛtsamāda, Viśvāmitra, Vāmadeva, Atri, Bhardwaja, Vasiṣṭha).
Rig-Véda
thumb|Manuscrit du Rig-Véda en devanāgarī (début du ). Le Rig-Veda ou Ṛgveda (devanāgarī : sa, en IAST Ṛgveda) est une collection d'hymnes (sūkta) sacrés ou encore d'hymnes de louanges de l'Inde antique composés en sanskrit védique. Il fait partie des quatre grands textes canoniques (Śruti) de l'hindouisme qui sont connus sous le nom de Veda. C'est l'un des plus anciens textes existant en langue indo-européenne. Sa composition remonte entre 1500 et 900 selon les indologues, les philologues et les linguistes.
Kamadhenu
Kamadhenu (कामधेनु, kaːmɐˈdɦeːnʊ, ), also known as Surabhi (सुरभि, or सुरभी, ), is a divine bovine-goddess described in Hinduism as the mother of all cows. She is a miraculous cow of plenty who provides her owner whatever he desires and is often portrayed as the mother of other cattle. In iconography, she is generally depicted as a white cow with a female head and breasts, the wings of a bird, and the tail of a peafowl or as a white cow containing various deities within her body. Kamadhenu is not worshipped independently as a goddess.
Brahmarshi
In Hinduism, a Brahmarshi (Sanskrit , a tatpurusha compound of and ) is a member of the highest class of Rishis ("seers" or "sages"). A Brahmarshi is a sage who has attained enlightenment (Kaivalya or Moksha) and became a Jivanmukta by completely understanding the meaning of Brahman and has attained the highest divine knowledge, infinite knowledge (omniscience) and self knowledge called Brahmajnana. When a Brahmarshi dies he attains Paramukti and frees himself from Samsara, the cycle of birth and death.
Marichi
Marichi (Marīci) or Mareechi or Marishi is the mind-born son of Brahma, and one of the Saptarishi in Hindu mythology. He is also the father of Kashyapa, and the grandfather of the devas and the asuras. In Jainism, he is referred to as one of the previous reincarnations of the 24th Tirthankara, Mahavira. Saptarishi, a Sanskrit dvigu meaning "seven sages" are the seven rishis who are extolled at many places in the Vedas and Hindu literature. The Vedic Samhitas never enumerate these rishis by name, though later Vedic texts such as the Brahmanas and Upanishads do so.