  maharishi bhrigu () was one of the seven great sages, the saptarshis, one of the many prajapatis (the facilitators of creation) created by brahma (the god of creation),narada said.. the mahabharata translated by kisari mohan ganguli (1883 -1896), book 2: sabha parva: lokapala sabhakhayana parva, section:xi. p. 25 and daksha, prachetas, pulaha, marichi, the master kasyapa, bhrigu, atri, and vasistha and gautama, and also angiras, and pulastya, kraut, prahlada, and kardama, these prajapatis, and angirasa of the atharvan veda, the valikhilyas, the marichipas; intelligence, space, knowledge, air, heat, water, earth, sound, touch, form, taste, scent; nature, and the modes (of nature), and the elemental and prime causes of the world&nbsp;â all stay in that mansion beside the lord brahma. and agastya of great energy, and markandeya, of great ascetic power, and jamadagni and bharadwaja, and samvarta, and chyavana, and exalted durvasa, and the virtuous rishyasringa, the illustrious 'sanatkumara' of great ascetic merit and the preceptor in all matters affecting yoga..." the first compiler of predictive astrology, and also the author of bhrigu samhita, the astrological (jyotish) classic. bhrigu is considered as a manasa putra (mind-born-son) of lord brahma. the adjectival form of the name, bhargava, is used to refer to the descendants and the school of bhrigu. saint bhrigu was a compatriot of and lived during the time of manu, the hindu progenitor of humanity. bhrigu had his ashram (hermitage) on the vadhusar river, a tributary of the drishadwati river near dhosi hill in the vedic state of brahmavarta, presently on the border of haryana and rajasthan in india. along with manu, bhrigu made important contributions to 'manusmriti', which was constituted out of a sermon to a congregation of saints in the state of brahmavarta, after the great floods in this area,a.v. sankran, saraswati - the ancient river lost in the desert, current science, 1997, vol. 72, pages 160-61 nearly 10,000 years ago. as per skanda purana, bhrigu migrated to bhrugukucch bharuch on the banks of narmada river in gujarat, leaving his senile son chyavana at dhosi hill. the later date archaeological findings at bhrigu kutch are dated 8500 years old. he was married to khyati, the daughter of daksha. he had two sons by her, named dhata and vidhata.brigu www.urday.in. his daughter sri or bhargavi, married lord vishnu (narayana). he has one more son through kavyamata (usana), who is better known than bhrigu himself&nbsp;â shukra, learned sage and guru of the asuras. the sage chyavana 
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