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Romasha is a woman seer of the Rigveda, remembered among the brahmavadinis whose verses the tradition preserved within the Vedic corpus.
Vishvavara is a woman seer of the Rigveda remembered for her hymns to Agni, the sacred fire, and for her place among the Vedic brahmavadinis.
Apala is a woman seer of the Rigveda remembered for her devotion to Indra and for a beloved hymn that the tradition reads as a story of faith and renewal.
Ghosha is a woman seer of the Rigveda remembered for her own hymns and for her devotion to the Ashvins, the divine physicians of Vedic tradition.
Lopamudra is a Rigvedic woman seer and the wife of Sage Agastya, honoured as a composer of hymns and a wise voice for balance in the spiritual life.
Maitreyi, a brahmavadini and wife of the sage Yajnavalkya, is remembered for choosing the knowledge of the Self over wealth in one of the most moving Upanishadic dialogues.
Gargi Vachaknavi is a celebrated woman philosopher of the Upanishadic age, remembered for her fearless questioning of the sage Yajnavalkya about the ground of all reality.
Durvasa, son of Atri and Anasuya, is the powerful and famously fiery-tempered sage whose boons and curses set in motion many turning points across the epics and Puranas.
Shuka, the son of Veda Vyasa, is the tradition's great image of innate liberation and detachment — the sage who narrated the Bhagavata Purana to King Parikshit.
Parashara, grandson of Vasishtha and father of Veda Vyasa, is honoured as the traditional narrator of the Vishnu Purana and a master of many sciences.
Markandeya is the immortal sage whose devotion, by tradition, conquered death itself. His name is linked to the Markandeya Purana and the celebrated Devi Mahatmya.
Narada is the celebrated devarshi who roams the worlds with his vina and the divine name, honoured for the Narada Bhakti Sutras and his role across the Puranas and epics.
Shaunaka is remembered as the head of a great gurukula at Naimisha forest, a master of Vedic study to whom much sacred narration is traditionally addressed.
Yajnavalkya is a towering sage of the Upanishads, whose dialogues with King Janaka, Gargi and Maitreyi gave the tradition some of its deepest teachings on the Self.
Vamadeva is the traditional seer of the fourth book of the Rigveda, remembered for hymns of striking spiritual depth and self-knowledge.
Dirghatamas is a profound Rigvedic seer linked to the celebrated riddle hymns and to the timeless insight that truth is one, though the wise call it by many names.
Madhuchchhandas, a son of Vishvamitra, is the traditional seer of the very opening hymns of the Rigveda — among the first words of the Vedic corpus.
Gritsamada is the traditional seer of the second book of the Rigveda, honoured for luminous hymns addressed to Indra and Brahmanaspati.
Kanva is a Rigvedic seer and head of a renowned hermitage, remembered for many hymns and for raising the maiden Shakuntala with great tenderness.
Angiras is a primordial Vedic seer associated with sacred fire and a great body of hymns, and the forefather of an illustrious lineage of sages.
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