bhārgava

bhārgavá mf(I)n. relating to or coming from Bhṛgu, [Up.]; [MBh.] &c.

belonging to Śukra (cf. below), [R.]

patr. fr. bhṛgu (pl. bhṛgavaḥ), [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 65]

N. of Śukra (regent of the planet Venus and preceptor of the Daityas), [R.]; [Var.] &c.

of Śiva, [MBh.]

of Paraśu-rāma, [ib.]

of various men (esp. supposed authors of hymns, viz. of Iṭa, Kali, Kṛtnu, Gṛtsamada, Cyavana, Jamad-agni, Nema, Prayoga, Vena, Somāhuti and Syūma-raśmi q.v.; but also of many other writers or mythological personages, e.g. of Iṭala, of Ṛcīka, of Dvi-gat, of Dṛśāna, of Mārkaṇḍeya, of Pramati &c.), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [MBh.]; [RAnukr.]

a potter, [MBh.] ([Nīlak.])

an astrologer, [L.]

an archer, a good bowman (like Paraśu-rāma), [L.]

an elephant, [L.]

pl. the descendants of Bhṛgu (properly called bhṛgavaḥ; cf. above), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]

N. of a people, [MBh.]; [Pur.]

bhārgavá n. N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]