Brihaspati
Hindu · deity · vedic · Recorded classification
The two gurus are the cleanest opposed pair the tradition has after Indra and Vritra: one teaches the gods, the other teaches their enemies, and each is competent. Lane 16 added Shukra for his part in the Yayati and Bali stories without his opposite number; this supplies it.
Domains
- preceptorship of the devas
- jupiter
Relations
- arch nemesis of: Shukra'arch-nemesis-of' is the treatment's own phrase, carries the full force of the claim, and costs the corpus no warning. Whoever next touches the lane-16 transcript can add the matching edge in one line.Reference treatment: Brihaspati is the guru of the Devas and the arch-nemesis of Shukracharya, the guru of the Danavas. (secondary)
- spouse: TaraReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment of Tara being returned to her husband Brihaspati. (secondary); Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.14.4,11,13, Sanskrit and translation (primary)
Sources
- Brihaspati is the guru of the devas, the arch-nemesis of Shukracharya, the graha of Jupiter, and the husband of Tara whose abduction by Soma produces Budha.: Reference treatments of Brihaspati, of the Navagraha and of Tara. (secondary)