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Assura-gurus, it was doubtless as an honourable human distinction
conferred on their sons or disciples, because of their descent from
Varuna, "the all knowing Asura." And this leads us to enquire into
the personality of the sons of Bhrigu, the son of Varuna, the
Highest of Asuras. The most prominent person that claims our
attention here is Kavi. The name itself is exceedingly remarkable.
The universal application of the term in our days to a poet or
learned man, is probably owing to the person whom it denoted in the
age we are speaking of, viz. "Kavir-Bhargava." He appears not only
as the author of numerous Hymns in the Rigveda, but as the
progenitor of a highly distinguished tribe, which did honor to the
epithet of "Asura," accorded to their primitive ancestor Varuna.
The popular lexicons themselves have perpetuated his name as an
Asura-guru, i. e., father or preceptor of Asuras. His sons enjoy
equal celebrity in the Vedas. We have a "Kavya," or son of Kavi, as
an author of Vedic Hymns. We have an Usana, a son of Kavi, also a
great writer of Hymns, and not only playing an important part in
the drama of the Eigveda, but also honoured in later ages as an
Asura-guru of the highest position by all Indian authorities. Of
another branch sprung from Bhrigu, we have a Vena, recognized as an
Asura in the Veda itself, and himself the father of a new tribe. He
seems from his name and the description of his handsome bright
appearance to have been the regent of the Planet Venus -- usually
called"Suk"(Sukra) in Indian records. "We have also a Venya, son of
Vena, noticed in the Eigveda. "We have an Ita, a son of Bhrigu, who
wrote (or uttered) a Hymn of the Eigveda. We have a Nema, also an
utterer of Vedic Hymns, noted as a son of Bhrigu. We have again a
Kava who appears perhaps under ...
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