Gritsamada

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Gritsamada (Sanskrit: गृत्समद, IAST: Gṛtsamada/Gṛtsamāda) was a Rigvedic sage. Most of Mandala II of the Rigveda is attributed to him. He was the son of Śunahotra Āṅgirasa and the adopted son of Śunaka Bhārgava.^[1] According to Witzel, Somāhuti Bhārgava is a descendant of Gritsamada,^[2] however according to Jamison and Brereton he belongs to the Bhṛgu lineage of Gṛtsamada's adopted father Śunaka. The signature line of the Gritsamadas in the Rigveda was "May we speak loftily at the ritual distribution, in possession of good heroes." Gritsamada was known for connecting the deeds of Indra to the actions of the ritual.^[1]

In the Bṛhaddevatā, Gritsamada is stated to have become as large and strong as Indra through penances, which led to the daityas Dhuni and Cumiri to mistake him for such. When Gritsamada realized their hostile intentions, he praised Indra with hymns so that Indra could defeat them.^[3] According to the late medieval commentator Sayana, Gritsamada was captured by asuras and was released on Indra's command and by his was made the son of Śunaka Bhārgava.^[4]^[3] In a myth in the Mahābhārata, Vasishtha curses Gritsamada to be a wild animal as a result of Gritsamada faltering in the recitation of formulae in a sacrifice. However, Śiva restores him to his normal form and grants him immortality.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Stephanie Jamison (2015). The Rigveda –– Earliest Religious Poetry of India. Oxford University Press. p. 399. ISBN 978-0190633394.
↑ Witzel, Michael (1995). "Ṛgvedic history: poets, chieftains and polities". In Erdosy, George (ed.). The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity. De Gruyter. p. 204.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Stutley, Margaret; Stutley, James (2019). A Dictionary of Hinduism: Its Mythology, Folklore and Development 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1500. Taylor & Francis.
↑ Rahurkar, V. G. (1964). The seers of the Ṛgveda (Thesis). University of Poona. pp. i-6.

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[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Stephanie Jamison (2015). The Rigveda –– Earliest Religious Poetry of India. Oxford University Press. p. 399. ISBN 978-0190633394.

[2] Witzel, Michael (1995). "Ṛgvedic history: poets, chieftains and polities". In Erdosy, George (ed.). The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity. De Gruyter. p. 204.

[:1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Stutley, Margaret; Stutley, James (2019). A Dictionary of Hinduism: Its Mythology, Folklore and Development 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1500. Taylor & Francis.

[4] Rahurkar, V. G. (1964). The seers of the Ṛgveda (Thesis). University of Poona. pp. i-6.

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v t e Rigveda
Mandalas	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Deities	Devas Agni Indra Chandra Ushas Visvedevas Maruts Ashvins Tvashtr Ribhus Pushan Rudra Mitra Varuna Aryaman Apam Napat
Asuras	Vritra Susna Dasas Danu Danavas
Rivers	Sapta Sindhu Nadistuti Sarasvati Sindhu Sarayu Rasā Yavyavati Drishadvati
Rishis	Saptarishi Gritsamada Vishvamitra Vamadeva Atri Angiras Bharadvaja Vasishtha Dirghatamas