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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.
Bhrigu is a Prajapati and founder of one of the great rishi lineages, linked to Vedic hymns and to traditions of astrology and dharmic reflection.
Agastya is a revered Vedic seer remembered for great tapasya, for carrying Vedic learning to the south, and for his partnership with the seer Lopamudra.
