Saptarishi Mondal (seven star cluster) eminently appears
in the north sky ,in the evening of Autumn season( Bengali Hemanta).Kalpurush
is also found ,which will be discussed elsewhere latter on. The star cluster
named in the names of seven rishis/sages from ancient times in India. The Sat
path Bramana and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (2.2.4) acknowledge the names of
seven rishis (or Saptarishis) as:
- Atria
- Bharadvaja
- Gautama
- Jamadagni
- Kashyapa
- Vasista
- Viswamitra
Names differs in different
Veda, Samhita , Mahabharata and somewhere els.
The reason for differences is that there are
seven Rishis who govern the functioning of the Cosmos in batches and all the
Rishis have had the post of a ‘Saptarshi’at same point. These Rishis had different names in different places.
Saptarishis are seven rishis and nobody
else is given the title of the Saptarishis. Hence clearly they had different
names but, many rishis were known as Maharishis (great sages).
