Talk:Rishi/Archive 1

Needs better sourcing
"It is generally agreed upon that some of the very greatest of the ancient rishis were in fact women.[1]" - the source given here is not a credible academic source, but rather someone engaged in a religious discourse of some form. We need a secular sourcing for this, otherwise it goes the way of the buffalo. 80.166.125.38 (talk) 11:27, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to have the era's of the vedas and rishis defined in more detail. I understand that there is Archeological evidence at least 5,000 years ago--in seals and other items that have survived--that represent yogic cultures, and that the origins of these traditions probably go back 6-7,000 years. R.A.C. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.41.67.164 (talk) 06:49, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Marici
Marici was redirected to Marishi-Ten, a Japanese solar deity. That article describes Marici as the Sankrit term for the same goddess. I have now turned Marici into a disambiguation page—it is also the name of a Ligurian tribe. You might want to check my wording there. I have also bypassed the redirect in this article. Please correct as necessary. —Ian Spackman 08:35, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

== Rishi Reddy. Aryan What about the Rishi Construction company? I would add a page for them but I dont know enough about wiki to do it. madman91 16:15, 03 March 2008

Rishis
The plural form of Rishi is Rishis.

A Rishi was a poet who earned his living praising wealthy people who when pleased awarded him. If a Rishi was a Brahmin, that is, if he had elementary knowledge of subjects called Vedangas, he was allowed to earn money by selling food and drinks and by using his house as an inn. A Rishi did not necessarily have to be a Brahmin, for example, Rishi Kutsa.

Rishis in the Pali Canon
The Tevijja Sutta mentions ten rishis as authors of the Vedas: "'Well then, Vasettha, what about the early sages of those Brahmins learned in the Three Vedas, the makers of the mantras, the expounders of the mantras, whose ancient verses are chanted, pronounced and collected by the Brahmins of today, and sung and spoken about - such as Atthaka, Vamaka, Vamadeva, Vessamitta, Yamataggi, Angirasa, Bharadvaja, Vasettha, Kassapa, Bhagu'"

I assume that "Vessamitta" refers to Vishwamitra, "Yamataggi" refers to Jamadagni, "Vasettha" refers to Vasistha, "Kassapa" refers to Kashyapa, and "Bhagu" refers to Bhrigus. "Vamadeva", "Angirasa", and "Bharadvaja" obviously refer to Vamadeva, Angirasa, and Bharadwaja respectively. I am not sure who "Atthaka" and "Vamaka" are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hokie Tech (talk • contribs) 19:44, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Kvndarṣi
Right spelling? --ธวัชชัย (talk) 03:41, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

under "Etymology" the word "egregious" is used to affirm the word excellent when it means precisely the opposite i.e. outstandingly bad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.52.58.16 (talk) 14:11, 2 May 2012 (UTC)