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Śaśvatī Āṅgirasī

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Śaśvatī Āṅgirasī

Śaśvatī of the Āṅgirasa line is credited with verses inside Ṛgveda 8.1. Her case illustrates how hymns were attributed across a whole seer-family, women included.

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Ṛgvedic (traditional)
field
Vedic hymnody
sourcing
textually attested

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