Bharadvāja
Bharadvāja
Bharadvāja is a name used for more than one ṛshi and king in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Bharadvāja Maharshi: the great Vedic maharshi, chief disciple of Vālmīki in the Rāmāyaṇa, host of Rāma at Prayāga and father of Droṇa. Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Chapters 1–3, 56; Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, Chapters 54–55; Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Sambhava Parva, Chapter 130; Nārada Purāṇa, Pūrvārdha, Chapters 43–44; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 6, 10, 72, 150, 215, 278; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 1, 52, 125; Uttara Parva, Chapters 1, 69
- Bharadvāja, Father of Yavakrīta: the ṛshi, friend of Raibhya, who after the death of his son Yavakrīta pronounced a śāpa on Raibhya and entered the fire. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapters 135–138
Named in passing
- Bharadvāja, son of Mahābala: a king of the Candra line in the Dvāpara Yuga, father of Manyumān, told on Soma-Vaṃśa. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 3
- Bharadvāja, the gotrakāra: one of the sixteen names of the sons who founded gotras, told on Kaṇva Maharshi. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 21