Atri

This article is about the sage named Atri. See also the gotra named Atri. For the Italian city, see Atri, Italy In Hinduism, Atri (Sanskrit: अत्रि) is a legendary bard and scholar, and a son of Brahma.
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n. vestibule, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, concourse, atrium

adj. gloomy, dark, dim

[Hindu] A deified bard of ancient India. The Hindu son of Brahma, and a renowned sage.

Atri (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root ad to eat] Devourer; one of the seven great rishis or maharshis, to whom many of the Vedic hymns are attributed. He is considered one of the ten prajapatis or lords of creation, the seven great rishis and ten prajapatis being intimately connected in mythologic history. He is married to Anusuya, a daughter of Daksha, their son being Durvasas. He is also represented as one of the seven mind-born sons of Brahma, who are also referred to as the seven rishis of the third manvantara (which may refer both to the third round and to the third root-race in the fourth round). The key to these shifting connections is analogy.
The Sons of Atri (atrayas or atreyas) are one of the classes of the pitris representing the barhishad pitris (those who were more particularly lunar pitris), the formers and developers of the human physical body and lower principles. After "having given birth to their astral doubles, [they] are reborn as the Sons of Atri" (SD 2:89).
In astronomy, Atri is one of the stars of the Ursa Major, this constellation being especially connected with the seven maharshis.

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