Brihaspati
Brihaspati is the guru of the gods and father of Tara.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ramayana dates to 4th century BCE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ruma, Mayavi, Dewi Tari, Ashvins, Tvashtar, Saraswati, Pushan, Prajapati, Savitri, Shri-Lakshmi, Tvashtri, Bagalamukhi, Shriguru Dattatreya, Sūrya, Ravana, Vali, Sushena, Sugriva, Agni, Deva, Indra, Soma, Mitra, Varuna, Vishnu
- child of
- Bhumi
- served by
- Ribhus
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Vali and Sugriva are described as sons of the king of the gods, Indra and the sun-god Surya respectively; while Tara is described as the daughter of Brihaspati, the guru of the gods.”
#8048 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Taittiriya Aranyaka of Yajur Veda 1.10.1 identifies Rudra and Brihaspati as Sons and companions of Bhumi (Earth) and Heaven:”
#13698 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the Ribhus are artists who formed the horses of Indra, the carriage of the Ashvins, and the miraculous cow of Brihaspati”
#17082 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The gods then approach Lakshmi. Agni gets food, Soma gets kingly authority, Varuna gets imperial authority, Mitra acquires martial energy, Indra gets force, Brihaspati gets priestly authority, Savitri acquires dominion, Pushan gets splendour, Saraswati takes nourishment and Tvashtri gets forms.”
#28880 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Her prayers are said to pacify Brihaspati.”
#30127 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5