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Rishi Maudgalya
मौद्गल्य
Angirasa Lineage
Descendant of MudgalaVedic Teacher
Ancient Vedic sage of the Angirasa lineage.
- Lineage
- Angirasa
- Related Gotras
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🌳Family & Lineage
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Mudgala gotra
gotra
sub-gotra of Bharadvaja/Angirasa
🕉️Vedic Contributions
veda mandala
Part of the transmission lineage of the **Samaveda** and **Yajurveda** in various shakhaa traditions
veda mandala
The ancestor Mudgala is credited with **Rigveda 10.102** (the Mudgala hymn about the bull-chariot race)
upanishad
Maudgalya teachings are embedded in the **Chandogya Upanishad** and **Brihadaranyaka Upanishad**
sutra
The **Maudgalya Dharmasutra** is referenced by later smriti commentators (now mostly lost)
✨Associated Elements
🌿Mudga -- the family name derives from "mudga🌿" linking to this humble pulse crop🦌Bull -- from the famous story of Mudgalani's bull-chariot race🏺Grain/harvest implements🏺teaching staff🏺Vedic fire altar💡The gleaning of grain -- symbolic of humility and contentment
- Humility and contentment: The Mudgala story of feeding guests from meager stores is one of the greatest examples of atithi-dharma (hospitality) in Hindu literature
- Choosing moksha over heaven: The refusal of svarga (heaven) represents the highest spiritual aspiration
- Vedic knowledge transmission: Maudgalya represents the unbroken chain of Vedic learning
🏔️Setting & Environment
- Simple agricultural ashram on the banks of the Sarasvati river (ancestral homeland)
- Teaching hermitage in the Kuru-Panchala region (the Mudgala lineage was associated with the Panchala kingdom)
- Vedic fire altar for ritual instruction
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