Vṛhaspati
deity figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 17 anchored passages
my son · the venerable Vṛhaspati · my son Vṛhaspati · revered Vṛhaspati · this child of the Lord
in the texts
Vrhaspatitattva
A sage in heaven, appointed teacher of the world, who questions Maheśvara and receives the full teaching of tattva to pass on to humanity.
At that time, there was a sage in heaven named the venerable Vṛhaspati.
“How exceedingly divine is your question, my son, venerable Vṛhaspati.
> On the beautiful peak of Mount Kailāśa, Maheśvara was seated, > and to Vṛhaspati he spoke of the unsurpassed truth of Śiva.
Slokantara
Divine sage/preceptor invoked as the standard of ultimate learning.
If there are scholars and Brāhmaṇas who have mastered the Vedas, lacking nothing in the truth of all scriptures and traditions, they are called the revered Vṛhaspati.