[Advaita-l] Rishi who were mantradraShTas of Devi

Raghav Kumar Dwivedula raghavkumar00 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 12 23:42:13 EDT 2021


Namaste Anand ji
That was helpful
Thank you.

Om
Raghav

On Mon, 11 Oct, 2021, 2:51 am Anand N via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> I found a reference to the Rigveda mantras for several Gods and Goddesses
> in Vamadeva Shastri(David Frawley)'s book “The wisdom of the ancient
> seers”.
> For e.g.  For Ushas he refers to Rig Mantra VII.75 and also VI.76, where
> the  Rishi is Maitravaruni Vasishta.
>
> https://vedicheritage.gov.in/hi/samhitas/rigveda/shakala-samhita-2/mandal-07/hindi-rigveda-shakala-samhita-mandal-07-sukta-075/
> There are references to Saraswathi Mantras in Mandala VI.61 for which the
> Rishi is Bahraspatya  Bharadwaja
> But I could not find references in his book to the other Goddesses
> you mentioned.
>
> Hope this gives a lead.
>
> Om Namo Narayanaya,
> Anand
>
>
> On Sun 10. Oct 2021 at 18:04, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste
> > I was asked a question - who were the mantradraShTas of the hymns
> extolling
> > the Vedic Goddess in sUktas about her various forms like Shrii, Savitri,
> > Ushas, Ambika, Ambalika etc., other than Vishvamitra.
> >
> > Also the Devi Sukta is expressed in the first person. Is a Rishi's name
> > included?
> >
> > Om
> >
> > Raghav
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