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Rishi Dirghatamas

दीर्घतमस्

Rishi ऋषिAngirasa Lineage
Seer of the Asya Vamasya HymnRigveda 1.140-164

Dirghatamas Auchathya, son of Utathya and Mamata, of the Angirasa line, was born blind ("long darkness").

Lineage
Angirasa
Related Gotras
1
Primary Location
The Ganga at dawn

📜Origin Story

Dirghatamas Auchathya, son of Utathya and Mamata, of the Angirasa line, was born blind ("long darkness"). He is the seer of Rigveda hymns 1.140-164, including the great riddle hymn 1.164 (Asya Vamasya), which contains the verse "ekam sad vipra bahudha vadanti" (truth is one, the wise call it by many names).

⚡Key Life Events

Born blind

through a curse of Brihaspati, his uncle, according to the Mahabharata.

Set adrift on the Ganga

in his old age he was cast onto the river on a raft and reached the kingdom of King Bali, where the Mahabharata says he fathered Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Pundra and Suhma, the eponyms of the eastern kingdoms.

The Asya Vamasya hymn

RV 1.164, one of the deepest and most quoted hymns of the Rigveda.

📖Stories & Legends

  1. Born blind: through a curse of Brihaspati, his uncle, according to the Mahabharata
  2. Set adrift on the Ganga: in his old age he was cast onto the river on a raft and reached the kingdom of King Bali, where the Mahabharata says he fathered Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Pundra and Suhma, the eponyms of the eastern kingdoms
  3. The Asya Vamasya hymn: RV 1.164, one of the deepest and most quoted hymns of the Rigveda

🌳Family & Lineage

F

Father

Utathya; mother: Mamata

S

Son

Kakshivat, also a Rigvedic seer

🕉️Vedic Contributions

Rigveda 1.140-164

vedic hymns

RV 1.164.46

"ekam sad vipra bahudha vadanti"

✨Associated Elements

🏺a raft on a great river🔥the sun and the wheel of time
  • Inner vision beyond sight
  • The one truth behind many names

🏔️Setting & Environment

  • The Ganga at dawn
  • A dark sky giving way to light

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