[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s3.240 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.240 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.240 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s3.240](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.240) Bhrgu is a sage of almost entirely mythical character in the Rigveda and later. He counts as a son of Varuṇa,¹ bearing the patronymic Vāruṇi.² In the plural the Bhrgus are repeatedly³ alluded to as devoted to the fire cult. They are clearly⁴ no more than a group of ancient priests and ancestors with an eponymous Bhrgu⁵ in the Rigveda, except in three passages,⁶ where they are evidently regarded as an historic family. It is not clear, however, whether they were priests or warriors: in the battle of the ten kings the Bhrgus appear with the Druhyus, perhaps as their priests, but this is not certain.⁷ - [Previous: v2.c4.s3.239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.239) - [Next: v2.c4.s3.241](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.241) - [Up: v2.c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.240](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.240) · Pramāṇa