Bhrigu
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Bhrigu is a rishi in Hinduism. He is one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshi, and one of the many Prajapatis created by Brahma. He was the first compiler of predictive astrology and also the autho
A painting depicting Bhṛgu
Shukra
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Shukra, also known as Ushanas and Kavya, is a mythological sage as well as the presiding god of the planet Venus in Hinduism. In the Rigveda, however, Kavya Ushanas appears as a wise poet-priest assoc
Bhrigu
…of Lakshmi as Bhargavi. They also had two sons named Dhata and Vidhata. He had one more son with Kavyamata, who is better known than Bhrigu himself: Shukra, guru of the asuras. The sage Chyavana is also said to be his son with Puloma, as is the folk hero Mrikanda. [Maha:1.5] One of his descendants was sage…
A 13th-century sculpture of Shukra from Odisha, currently at the British Museum
The planet Venus
Depiction of Shukra from the 1842 book The Complete Hindoo Pantheon by E. A. Rodrigues