Kanva
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Refimprove Kanva or Kanwa (Template:Langx, Template:IAST3), also called Karnesh, was an ancient Hindu rishi[1] of the Treta Yuga, to whom some of the hymns of the Rig Veda are ascribed.[2][3] He was one of the Angirasas.[4] He has been called a son of Ghora, but this lineage belongs to Pragatha Kanva, a subsequent Kanva of which there were many.[5][6] However, Puranic literature has other different lineages for him, one as the son of Apratiratha and grandson of King Matinara, and another as the son of Ajamidha, who was a descendant in the ninth generation of Tansu, the brother of Apratiratha (Atiratha), or Ajamidha who was a contemporary of Matinara.[6][7] This last seems to be the modern consensus.[6][8] He is sometimes included in the list of the seven sages (the Saptarishis).[1] Kanva had a son Medhatithi.[7][8] Kanva is also mentioned in Mahabharata as the adoptive father of Shakuntala.
- Kanva (Karnesh) is also the name of a founder of a Vedic shakha of the Shukla Yajur Veda, and hence the name of that theological branch of Hinduism, the Kanva Shakha.[9][10]
- Kanva (Karnesh) is also the name of several princes and founders of dynasties and several authors.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- The Kanvas (Karnesh) are the descendants of king Vasudeva Kanva (1st century BCE).[11]
- The Kanvas are also a class of spirit, against whom hymn 2.25 of the Atharva Veda is used as a charm.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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