Marichi

Also known as Rishi Marichi, Mareechi

Marichi () 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.

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Deity.type: hindu
Deity.name: Marichi
Deity.image: Marichi, a Rishi and son of Brahma..jpg
Deity.caption: Marichi
Deity.alt: Marichi
Deity.spouse: Kalā, Urna, and Sambhuti Dharmavrata
Deity.father: Brahma
Deity.children: Kashyapa (by Kalā)
Deity.member_of: the Saptarishi

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Saptarishi
Petrification of Dharmavrata
Prajapatis
Life
Jainism
In popular culture
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Marichi () 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 and the grandson of Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara.