History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Ayurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine v2.c19.s2: Atri
History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine v2.c19.s2
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Atri
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The sage Atri with his wife Anasūyā lived in a hermitage in the forest on the south of the Citra-Kuṭa mountain. It is told in the Rāmāyaṇa that when Sītā visited them, Anasūyā gave Sītā an ointment which was to keep her beautiful for ever. (See Dowson’s Hindu Mythology, p. 15.) Anasūyā was the mother of the sage Dūrvāsā, the ascetic Dattātreya and Soma, the Moon.
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Atri married Anasūyā, one of the daughters of Prajāpati Dakṣa.
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His son is Ātreya and his sons and descendants belonging to his race are the Ātreyas.
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Atri is one of the Maharṣis or great saints. He composed hymns for the magnification of Agni, Indra, Aśvins and the Viśvadevas. He is also described as one of the ten Prajapatis or lords of creation (Manu), as a mental son of Brahmā, and as one of the Saptarṣis or seven ‘Seers’ or Ṛṣis.
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- Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit