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'''Kanva''' ([[Sanskrit]]: कण्व ''{{IAST|káṇva}}''), also called '''Karnesh''', was an ancient [[Hindu]] [[rishi]]<ref name="Dowson-154">{{Cite dictionary|last=Dowson |first=John |author-link=John Dowson |year=2000 |title=Kanva |dictionary=A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology & Religion |edition=D. K. Printworld second |location=New Delhi |publisher=D. K. Printworld |page=154 |isbn=81-246-0108-9 |url=http://lakshminarayanlenasia.com/articles/Downson-Religion.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519170458/http://lakshminarayanlenasia.com/articles/Downson-Religion.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> of the [[Treta yuga]], to whom some of the hymns of the ''[[Rig Veda]]'' are ascribed.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} He was one of the [[Angiras (sage)|Angirasas]].{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} He has been called a son of Ghora, but this lineage belongs to Pragatha Kanva, a subsequent Kanva of which there were many.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Patton |first=Laurie L. |year=1996 |chapter=Pedigree Narratives: Parents After the Fact |title=Myth as Argument: The Brhaddevata as Canonical Commentary |location=Berlin |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=xUZbDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA270 270] |isbn=3-11-013805-0}}</ref><ref name="Pargiter">{{Cite book|last=Pargiter |first=F. E.  |year=1997 |title=Ancient Indian Historical Tradition |location=Delhi |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |pages=226–228 |isbn=978-81-208-1486-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2BRjkE385ScC }}, a reprint of the 1922 London Oxford University Press edition.</ref> However, [[Puranas|Puranic literature]] has other different lineages for him, one as the son of Apratiratha and grandson of King [[Matinara]], and another as the son of Ajamidha, who was a descendant in the ninth generation of Tansu, the brother of Apratiratha (Atiratha), or Ajamidha who was a contemporary of Matinara.<ref name="Pargiter" /><ref name="Muir">{{Cite book|last=Muir |first=John |year=1872 |title=Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India: Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an enquiry into its existence in the Vedic age |edition=second |location=London |publisher=Trübner |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=bZOlKr9Kwr8C&pg=PA234 234–236] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZOlKr9Kwr8C}}</ref> This last seems to be the modern consensus.<ref name="Pargiter" /><ref name="Sarmah">{{Cite book|last=Sarmah |first=Thaneswar |year=1991 |title=The Bharadvājas in Ancient India |location=Delhi |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=xFyu7MANWPAC&pg=PA138 138–139] |isbn=978-81-208-0639-9 }}</ref> He is sometimes included in the list of the seven sages (the [[Saptarishi]]s).<ref name="Dowson-154" />
'''Kanva''' ([[Sanskrit]]: कण्व ''{{IAST|káṇva}}''), also called '''Karnesh''', was an ancient [[Hindu]] [[rishi]]<ref name="Dowson-154">{{Cite dictionary|last=Dowson |first=John |author-link=John Dowson |year=2000 |title=Kanva |dictionary=A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology & Religion |edition=D. K. Printworld second |location=New Delhi |publisher=D. K. Printworld |page=154 |isbn=81-246-0108-9 |url=http://lakshminarayanlenasia.com/articles/Downson-Religion.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519170458/http://lakshminarayanlenasia.com/articles/Downson-Religion.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> of the ''[[Treta Yuga]]'', to whom some of the hymns of the ''[[Rig Veda]]'' are ascribed.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} He was one of the [[Angiras (sage)|Angirasas]].{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} He has been called a son of Ghora, but this lineage belongs to Pragatha Kanva, a subsequent Kanva of which there were many.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Patton |first=Laurie L. |year=1996 |chapter=Pedigree Narratives: Parents After the Fact |title=Myth as Argument: The Brhaddevata as Canonical Commentary |location=Berlin |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=xUZbDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA270 270] |isbn=3-11-013805-0}}</ref><ref name="Pargiter">{{Cite book|last=Pargiter |first=F. E.  |year=1997 |title=Ancient Indian Historical Tradition |location=Delhi |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |pages=226–228 |isbn=978-81-208-1486-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2BRjkE385ScC }}, a reprint of the 1922 London Oxford University Press edition.</ref> However, [[Puranas|Puranic literature]] has other different lineages for him, one as the son of Apratiratha and grandson of King [[Matinara]], and another as the son of Ajamidha, who was a descendant in the ninth generation of Tansu, the brother of Apratiratha (Atiratha), or Ajamidha who was a contemporary of Matinara.<ref name="Pargiter" /><ref name="Muir">{{Cite book|last=Muir |first=John |year=1872 |title=Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India: Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an enquiry into its existence in the Vedic age |edition=second |location=London |publisher=Trübner |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=bZOlKr9Kwr8C&pg=PA234 234–236] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZOlKr9Kwr8C}}</ref> This last seems to be the modern consensus.<ref name="Pargiter" /><ref name="Sarmah">{{Cite book|last=Sarmah |first=Thaneswar |year=1991 |title=The Bharadvājas in Ancient India |location=Delhi |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=xFyu7MANWPAC&pg=PA138 138–139] |isbn=978-81-208-0639-9 }}</ref> He is sometimes included in the list of the seven sages (the [[Saptarishi]]s).<ref name="Dowson-154" />
Kanva had a son Medhatithi.<ref name="Muir" /><ref name="Sarmah" />
Kanva had a son Medhatithi.<ref name="Muir" /><ref name="Sarmah" />


Latest revision as of 04:53, 10 November 2021

This article is about Hindu sage. For Indian dynasty with the same name, see Kanva dynasty.

Kanva (Sanskrit: कण्व káṇva), also called Karnesh, was an ancient Hindu rishi[1] of the Treta Yuga, to whom some of the hymns of the Rig Veda are ascribed.[citation needed] He was one of the Angirasas.[citation needed] He has been called a son of Ghora, but this lineage belongs to Pragatha Kanva, a subsequent Kanva of which there were many.[2][3] However, Puranic literature has other different lineages for him, one as the son of Apratiratha and grandson of King Matinara, and another as the son of Ajamidha, who was a descendant in the ninth generation of Tansu, the brother of Apratiratha (Atiratha), or Ajamidha who was a contemporary of Matinara.[3][4] This last seems to be the modern consensus.[3][5] He is sometimes included in the list of the seven sages (the Saptarishis).[1] Kanva had a son Medhatithi.[4][5]

  • Kanva (Karnesh) is also the name of a founder of a Vedic shakha of the Shukla Yajur Veda, and hence the name of that theological branch of Hinduism, the Kanva Shakha.[6][7]
  • Kanva (Karnesh) is also the name of several princes and founders of dynasties and several authors.[citation needed]
  • The Kanvas (Karnesh) are the descendants of king Vasudeva Kanva (1st century BCE).[citation needed]
  • The Kanvas are also a class of spirit, against whom hymn 2.25 of the Atharva Veda is used as a charm.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dowson, John (2000). "Kanva" (PDF). A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology & Religion (D. K. Printworld second ed.). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld. p. 154. ISBN 81-246-0108-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Patton, Laurie L. (1996). "Pedigree Narratives: Parents After the Fact". Myth as Argument: The Brhaddevata as Canonical Commentary. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 270. ISBN 3-11-013805-0.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Pargiter, F. E. (1997). Ancient Indian Historical Tradition. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 226–228. ISBN 978-81-208-1486-8., a reprint of the 1922 London Oxford University Press edition.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Muir, John (1872). Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India: Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an enquiry into its existence in the Vedic age (second ed.). London: Trübner. pp. 234–236.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sarmah, Thaneswar (1991). The Bharadvājas in Ancient India. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. p. 138–139. ISBN 978-81-208-0639-9.
  6. ↑ For a brief summary of the shakhas as given in Shaunaka's Caraṇa-vyūha see: Monier-Williams, A Sanskit-English Dictionary, p. 1062, right column.
  7. ↑ Dowson 2000, p. 297


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