1 N. of a sage, regarded as the ancestor of the family of the Bhṛgus, and described in Ms. 1. 35 as one of the ten patriarchs created by the first Manu; (said to be so called because he was produced along with flames; saha jvālābhirutpanno bhṛgustasmā- dbhṛguḥ smṛtaḥ). [On one occasion when the sages could not agree as to which of the three gods, Brahman, Viṣṇu and Śiva, was best entitled to the worship of Brā-...