Gārgya
historical figure · 2 works · 6 mentions · 10 anchored passages
brahmarṣi Gārgya · son of Aṅgiras
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
Authority cited for a verse listing rules for several fast-days.
And from the verse of Gārgya:
> If the solar ingress or eclipse is before midnight, / > one should perform the Upākarma;
> If Śrāvaṇī Paurṇamāsī is after the *saṅgava*, / > then the *audayikī* should be taken;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The brahmarṣi Gārgya, envoy of Yudhājit sent to convey his message to Rāma.
He sent the brahmarṣi Gārgya, son of Aṅgiras, of immeasurable splendor, and ten thousand horses as an incomparable gift of affection.
Hearing that the great seer Gārgya had arrived — the beloved envoy of his maternal uncle Aśvapati —
— Kākutstha went out to meet him, accompanied by his retinue, to a distance of a krośa, and honored Gārgya, receiving that wealth.