Saṃvarta
historical figure · 4 works · 6 mentions · 7 anchored passages
Saṁvarta · the great ṛṣi
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
Legal authority cited for the verse on the merit of Sunday observance.
And the fast prompted by a Sunday, etc.
> The new moon day, Dvādaśī, and a solar ingress, especially, these are praised *tithis*, and so is Sunday.
Although here, from the general determination, one pervading the afternoon and conjoined with the preceding day is obtained, yet, from the verse of Saṃvarta:
Rigveda
Patron at whose soma-pressing Indra was exhilarated.
Those who by good work sought Indra for aid, at whose pressings thou dost exhilarate thyself — as thou wast exhilarated at Saṁvarta's, as at Kṛśa's — even so, O Indra, rejoice in us.
Parāśara Smṛti
Sage listed among authors of dharma texts.
those of Atri, Viṣṇu, Saṃvarta, and Dakṣa, as well as Aṅgiras;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The brahmarṣi brother of Bṛhaspati who officiates at Marutta's sacrifice and dissuades the king from fighting Rāvaṇa.
How can one who is consecrated engage in war?
The great ṛṣi spoke to Marutta with affection:
Then that king, seizing his bow and arrows, set forth furiously for battle — but Saṃvarta blocked his path.