Dirghatamas
Sign in to saveDirghatamas () was an ancient Indian sage well known for his philosophical verses in the Rigveda. He was the author of Suktas (hymns) 140 to 164 in the first mandala (section) of the Rigveda.
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- Dirghatamas
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- Utathya (Father), Mamata (Mother), Brihaspati (uncle), Angiras (Grandfather)
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- Pradveshi
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- Gautama and others (Pradveshi), Kakshivan and eleven sons (Shudra servant woman) and Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Pundra, Cumbha (Sudeshna), Odra
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- Asya Vamasya Hymn
- Earliest mention of the Zodiac
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Dirghatamas () was an ancient Indian sage well known for his philosophical verses in the Rigveda. He was the author of Suktas (hymns) 140 to 164 in the first mandala (section) of the Rigveda.
==Background== Dirghatamas was one of the Angirasa rishis, the oldest of the rishi families, and regarded as brother to the rishi Bharadvaja, who is the seer of the sixth Mandala of the Rigveda. Dirghatamas is also the chief predecessor of the Gotama family of rishis that includes Kakshivan, Gautama Maharishi, Nodhas and Vamadeva (seer of the fourth Mandala of the Rigveda), who along with Dirghatamas account for almost 150 of the 1000 hymns of the Rigveda. Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Pundra and Suhma, Ondra were also the sons of Dirghatamas through Bali’s wife Sudhesana. His own verses occur frequently in many Vedic texts, a few even in the Upanishads.
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