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Bhrigu (Sanskrit: भृगु, IAST: Bhṛgu) is a rishi of Adi-rishi tradition. He is one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis, and one of the many Prajapatis (the facilitators of creation) created by Brahma. [1] The first compiler of predictive astrology and also the author of Bhrigu Samhita, an astrological classic.
Chyavana, the son of Bhrigu and Puloma. In the Mahabharata, as narrated by the bard Sauti, Puloma was the wife of sage Bhrigu. The couple were once staying in a hermitage. She became pregnant. [1] One day, Bhrigu went for his morning ablutions in the river, leaving his wife in the hermitage at the care of Agni.
Bhrigu's ashram 'Deepostak' was located near Dhosi Hill in present-day Haryana-Rajasthan border in India. Major parts of the Bhṛgu Saṃhitā were lost or destroyed. Bhrigu was the first compiler of predictive astrology. [3] He compiled an estimated 500,000 horoscopes and recorded the life details and events of various people.
Aurva (Sanskrit: और्व, romanized: Aurva, lit. 'produced from the thigh') is a fierce sage in Hinduism, a member of the Bhargava race. He was born during a bloody feud between the Kshatriyas and the descendants of Bhrigu.
Bhrigu Nath Singh, also known as B.N. Singh, is an Indian engineering scientist, current Vice-Chancellor at Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University [2] and former Director General at the IITRAM. [5] He is a professor, former HAL chair professor and Institute's first Dean of Human Resources(2016-2020), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Kavyamata (Sanskrit: काव्यमाता, romanized: Kāvyamātā) is a consort of the rishi Bhrigu In Hinduism. She is the mother of Shukra, the god of the planet Venus and the preceptor of the asuras. She was beheaded by the preserver deity, Vishnu, for protecting the asuras.
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According to an account found in the Mahabharata (Adi Parva, Ch.5-6), when Bhrigu's wife Puloma was pregnant and lived in her hermitage, a rakshasa harassed her. Puloma's child slipped from her womb, called a 'chyuta' child in Sanskrit ("early delivery") and thus received his name Chyavana.