bhṛ́gu m. pl. (√ bhrāj) N. of a mythical race of beings (closely connected with fire, which they find [[RV. x, 46, 2]] and bring to men [[i, 58, 6]; [195, 2]] or enclose in wood [[vi, 15, 2]] or put in the navel of the world [[i, 143, 4]]; or which is brought to them and first kindled by Mātari-śvan [[i, 60, 1]; [iii, 5, 10]]; they are also said to fabricate chariots [[iv, 16, 20]] and are mentioned together with the Aṅgirasas, Atharvans, Ṛbhus, Maruts, Druhyus &c. [cf. [Naigh. v, 5]]; in [Hcat.] 12 Bhṛgus are enumerated among gods; cf. Gk. οἱ Φλεγύαι), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Kauś.]
N. of one of the chief Brāhmanical families (to which the Aitaśāyanas are said to belong), [RV.] (esp. [vii, 18, 6]; [viii, 3, 9] &c.); [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Pur.]
sg. N. of a Ṛṣi regarded as the ancestor of the Bhṛgus, [AV.]; [AitBr.] (he has the patr. Vāruṇi and is the supposed author of [RV. ix, 65]; [x, 19]; he is enumerated among the 10 Maharṣis created by the first Manu, [Mn. i, 35]; cf. [IW. 46] &c.)
of a son of Kavi, [MBh.]
of one of the Prajā-patis produced from Brahmā's skin, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
of one of the 7 sages, [Hariv.]
of the father of Cyavana and 6 other sons, [MBh.]
of the father of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, [Pur.]
of the father of Śrī (by Khyāti), [ib.]
of the author of a Dharma-śāstra (cf. bhṛgu-smṛti), [Mn. i, 59]
of an astronomer, [Cat.] (cf. bhṛgu-saṃhitā)
of a medical authority, [ib.]
of the Ṛṣi Jamad-agni or his son, [L.]
of Śukra or the planet Venus (called either Bhṛgu or the son of Bh°; his day is Friday), [Sūryas.]; [Var.]
of Kṛṣṇa or of Rudra, [L.]
of a son of Artha-pati and uncle of the poet Bāṇa, [Vās., Introd.]
of the top of the mountain Bhṛgu-tuṅga, [Cat.]
a declivity, slope, precipice, [Hcat.] (cf. bhṛgu-patana).