rishi
gāthino viśvāmitraḥ
As a name in the seer apparatus
Recorded as a seer in the traditional apparatus. Most such records are hymn headings rather than verse-by-verse statements, and the split below shows which.
How the attribution was recorded
Passages carrying this name, split by whether the source states it for the verse or a hymn heading was projected downward.
| Stated by the source | 27 passages | |
|---|---|---|
| Inherited from the hymn | 474 passages |
- Inherited from the hymn the hymn heading projected onto every verse inside it
The two are never summed: a statement of the text and a projection of this build are different claims.
Reach by collection
Passages attributed to this name in each corpus.
This layer reaches Rigveda. A collection absent from that list has no coverage here, which is not the same as the name being absent from it.
| Rigveda | 501 | |
|---|---|---|
| Samaveda | Not yet modelled | not established |
| Yajurveda | Insufficient evidence | not established |
| Atharvaveda | Insufficient evidence | not established |
Family
gāthinaDeities in these hymns
- Indra
- Agni
- the sacrificial post
- Indra and Agni
- the Asvins
- Mitra
- the rivers
- the Rbhus
Ideas in these hymns
- fire (agni)
- soma juice (soma)
- sacrifice (yajña)
- heaven (dyaus)
- soma pressing (savana)
- wealth (rayi)
- prize (vāja)
- earth (pṛthivī)
Metres
- triṣṭup
- gāyatrī
- jagatī
- anuṣṭup
- bṛhatī
- virāṭ
- uṣṇik
Registry details
- Registry
- RV_WSC2023_ANUKRAMANI
- Normalised name
- gāthino viśvāmitra
- Name decomposition
- patronymic-token-equality-v1
- Patronymic
- gāthina
- Personal name
- viśvāmitraḥ
- Family assignment
- not supplied