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One of the greatest
sages of the Puranic
times. Garga was the
son of Rishi
Bharadwaja and
Susheela.He was
better known as
Garga Muni.He was
the family priest of
the
family of Nanda (the
foster-father of
Krishna).He named
Krishna as "Krishna"
after receiving the
name by meditation.
From the Vishnu
Purana and other
Puranas, one
understands that
although basically
of Kshatriya origin,
a branch of Gargas
became brahmins and
migrated westwards
and joined the
Yavanas (Ionians).
This could be the
possible reason that
later day Indians
referred to Greek
mathematicians and
astronomers as
Gargacharyas while
they also maintained
that a Vridha-Garga
(Earlier or Older
Garga) was the
pioneer in
astronomy.Gargi is celebrated female sage Vachaknavi, born in the family of Garga. Garga the sage is the writer of Garga Samhita. |
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