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Kanva (Sanskrit: कण्व Template:IAST), also called Karnesh, was an ancient Hindu rishi[1] of the Treta Yuga, to whom some of the hymns of the Rig Veda are ascribed.Template:Citation needed He was one of the Angirasas.Template:Citation needed He has been called a son of Ghora, but this lineage belongs to Pragatha Kanva, a subsequent Kanva of which there were many.[2][3] However, Puranic literature has other different lineages for him, one as the son of Apratiratha and grandson of King Matinara, and another as the son of Ajamidha, who was a descendant in the ninth generation of Tansu, the brother of Apratiratha (Atiratha), or Ajamidha who was a contemporary of Matinara.[3][4] This last seems to be the modern consensus.[3][5] He is sometimes included in the list of the seven sages (the Saptarishis).[1]
Kanva had a son Medhatithi.[4][5]
- Kanva (Karnesh) is also the name of a founder of a Vedic shakha of the Shukla Yajur Veda, and hence the name of that theological branch of Hinduism, the Kanva Shakha.[6][7]
- Kanva (Karnesh) is also the name of several princes and founders of dynasties and several authors.Template:Cn
- The Kanvas (Karnesh) are the descendants of king Vasudeva Kanva (1st century BCE).Template:Citation needed
- The Kanvas are also a class of spirit, against whom hymn 2.25 of the Atharva Veda is used as a charm.Template:Citation needed
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:Cite dictionary
- ↑ Myth as Argument: The Brhaddevata as Canonical Commentary{{#if:Patton|, Patton}. Walter de Gruyter(1996). ISBN 3-11-013805-0
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition{{#if:Pargiter|, Pargiter}. Motilal Banarsidass(1997). ISBN 978-81-208-1486-8, a reprint of the 1922 London Oxford University Press edition.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India: Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an enquiry into its existence in the Vedic age{{#if:Muir|, Muir}. Trübner(1872)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Bharadvājas in Ancient India{{#if:Sarmah|, Sarmah}. Motilal Banarsidass(1991). ISBN 978-81-208-0639-9
- ↑ For a brief summary of the shakhas as given in Shaunaka's Template:IAST see: Monier-Williams, A Sanskit-English Dictionary, p. 1062, right column.
- ↑ Template:Harvnb