জমদগ্নি: সংশোধিত সংস্করণের মধ্যে পার্থক্য

মহর্ষি জমদগ্নি বর্তমান মন্বন্তরের সপ্তর্ষিদের একজন। তিনি [[বিষ্ণু|বিষ্ণুর]] ষষ্ঠ অবতার, মহাতেজস্বী [[পরশুরাম|পরশুরামের]] পিতা। জমদগ্নি, [[ব্রহ্মা|ব্রহ্মার]] মানসপুত্র প্রজাপতি ভৃগুর বংশে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন।<ref name="Tantra">Avalon, Arthur ([[John Woodroffe|Sir John Woodroffe]]) (1913, reprint 1972) (tr.) ''Tantra of the Great Liberation (Mahāanirvāna Tantra)'', New York: Dover Publications, {{ISBN|0-486-20150-3}}, p. xli: The Rishi are seers who know, and by their knowledge are the makers of shastra and "see" all mantras. The word comes from the root rish ''Ri''sh''ati-prāpnoti sarvvang mantrang jnānena pashyati sangsārapārangvā'', etc. The seven great Rishi or [[saptarshi]] of the first manvantara are '''Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, and Vashishtha'''. In other manvantara there are other ''sapta-rshi''. In the present manvantara the seven are '''Kashyapa''', ''Atri, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamdagnini, Bharadvaja''. To the Rishi the Vedas were revealed. Vyasa taught the Rigveda so revealed to Paila, the Yajurveda to Vaishampayana, the Samaveda to Jaimini, Atharvaveda to Samantu, and Itihasa and Purana to Suta. The three chief classes of Rishi are the ''Brahmarshi'', born of the mind of Brahma, the ''Devarshi'' of lower rank, and ''Rajarshi'' or Kings who became Rishis through their knowledge and austerities, such as Janaka, Ritaparna, etc. Thc ''Shrutarshi'' are makers of Shastras, as Sushruta. The ''Kandarshi'' are of the Karmakanda, such as Jaimini.</ref>