1. Atri or Attri is a Vedic sage, who is credited with composing numerous shlokas to Agni, Indra, and other Vedic deities of Hinduism.
11 Facts About Atri
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Atri is one of the Saptarishi in the Hindu tradition, and the one most mentioned in the Rigveda.
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Atri is one of the seven great Rishis or Saptarshi along with Agastya, Bhardwaja, Gautama, Jamadagni, Vashistha, and Vishvamitra.
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The wife of Atri was Anasuya, who is considered one of the seven female pativratas.
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When instructed by divine voice to do tapas, Atri readily agreed and did severe tapas.
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The mention of Atri is found in various scriptures, with the notable being in Rig Veda.
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Atri is the seer of the fifth Mandala of the Rigveda.
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Atri had many sons and disciples who have contributed in the compilation of the Rig Veda and other Vedic texts.
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The shloka 5.44 of the Rigveda in Atri Mandala is considered by scholars such as Geldner to be the most difficult riddle shloka in all of the Rigveda.
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Atri's hut is described to be in Chitrakuta, near a lake with divine music and songs, the water loaded with flowers, green water leaves, with many "cranes, fisherbirds, floating tortoises, swans, frogs and pink geese".
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The surviving parts of the Atri Samhita suggest that the text discussed, among other things, yoga, and ethics of living, with precepts such as:.