Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . PART III. THE INFERIOR DEITIES ^. THE TULSI. ( 30i THE INFERIOR DEITIES. CHAPTER I. THE DIVINE RISHIS. I. BHRIGU. WHEN Brahma wished to populate the world, he createdmind-born sons, like himself; viz. Bhrigu, Pulastya, Pulaha,Kratu, Angiras, Marichi, Daksha, Atri, and Vasishtha : these arethe nine Brahmas or Brahmarishis celebrated in the Puranas. *Originally seven were mentioned in the Mahabharata; but thelists found in different parts of that Epic do not agree witheach other. These seven are supposed to be visible in the GreatBear, as their wives shine in
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . PART III. THE INFERIOR DEITIES ^. THE TULSI. ( 30i THE INFERIOR DEITIES. CHAPTER I. THE DIVINE RISHIS. I. BHRIGU. WHEN Brahma wished to populate the world, he createdmind-born sons, like himself; viz. Bhrigu, Pulastya, Pulaha,Kratu, Angiras, Marichi, Daksha, Atri, and Vasishtha : these arethe nine Brahmas or Brahmarishis celebrated in the Puranas. *Originally seven were mentioned in the Mahabharata; but thelists found in different parts of that Epic do not agree witheach other. These seven are supposed to be visible in the GreatBear, as their wives shine in the Pleiades. These Brahmarishisare also called Prajapatis (lords of offspring), Brahmaputras (sonsof Brahma), and Brahmanas. The Vishnu Purana teaches thatBhrigu married his niece Khyati, a daughter of Daksha, who boreto him Sri or Lakshmi ; but as it was the common belief that shewas one of the products of the churning of the ocean, the reciterof the Purana is asked to explain this discrepancy. The substanceof his answer was, that of gods, animals, and man, Hari
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