 thumb|200px|bharadwaja bharadwaja also spelled bhardwaj (sanskrit: à¤­à¤¾à¤°à¤¦à¥à¤µà¤¾à¤, iast: ), was one of the greatest hindu sages (mahará¹£is) descendant of sage (á¹á¹£i) aá¹girasÄ, whose accomplishments are detailed in the purÄá¹as. he is one of the saptaá¹á¹£is (seven great sages or rishis) in the present manvantara; with others being atri, vasiá¹£á¹­ha, viswamitra, gautama, jamÄdgni, kaÅyapa.inhabitants of the worlds mahÄnirvÄá¹ tantra, translated by arthur avalon, (sir john woodroffe), 1913, introduction and preface bharadvÄja bÄrhaspatya is the progenitor of the bhÄradvÄja family and the family is attributed as the composers of sixth maá¹á¸ala of the á¹gveda. maá¹á¸ala 6 is known as the bhÄradvÄja family book as all its 75 hymns are composed by a member of this family over several centuries.http://rigvedaanalysis.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/bharadvajas/ he is believed to be a contemporary of king bhÄrata. mahará¹£i bharadvÄja and his descendants were respected and powerful priests-like á¹á¹£i of several clans/dynasties of the puru tribe, such as the bhÄratas and the paÃ±cÄlas. sage bharadvÄja was a sage of the vedic times. he attained extraordinary scholarship. he had the great power of meditation.http://ancientindians.net/rshis-rishis-rushis/bharadwaja/ he is also the author of Äyurveda. his ÄÅrama still exists at the holy prayag (allahabad). bharadwaja was also the father of guru droá¹ÄcÄrya and grandfather of aÅvatthÄma from the epic mahÄbhÄrata. bharadvaja is one of the most exalted gotras of brahmins in india. ==history== mahará¹£i bharadvÄja was the son of devará¹£i bá¹haspati. devará¹£i bá¹haspati was the son of mahará¹£i aá¹girasa. these 3 á¹á¹£i are called the traya á¹á¹£i, meaning the three á¹á¹£is of the bharadvÄja gotra. guru droá¹ÄcÄrya, the royal guru to kauravas and pÄá¹á¸avas in the epic mahÄbhÄrata was the son of sage bharadvÄja. he was a master of advanced military arts, including the devÄstras. among all the seven gotras bharadvÄja is the largest chain. bharadvÄja gotra has more than 1400 branches. he married suseela and had a son called garga. his son dronacharya was born as a result of his attraction to an apsara ghrtaci. he trained drona in use of weapons. drona also learnt the use of weapons from agnivesha, parasuramaâs student and from parasurama himself. drona then went on to teach the weaponry to the kauravas and pandavas. drona h
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