Bá¹›haspati

Brihaspati (. Sanskrit बृहस्पति Brhaspati m), in Hindu mythology, the priest of the gods, is in the traditional Hindu astronomy to the nine "planets", the Navagraha; it corresponds to the planet Jupiter as a god.

Mythology

In the Rigveda is Brihaspati, who is sometimes called Brahmanaspati, a companion of the thunder god Indra. With the help of a magic song he freed the cows that imprisons the demon Vala, and helps Indra to slay them. He is described as luminous, gold-colored man with a voice of thunder.

In nachvedischer time Brihaspati is the personification of the planet named after him, which corresponds to the planet Jupiter. He is regarded as the son of the sage Angiras. His wife Tara ( " star") is kidnapped by the moon-god Chandra, and then the war breaks out Tarakamaya among the gods. Indra and the gods fight it with Brihaspati, while the moon god of Ushanas, Rudra, the Danava and Daitya is supported. Finally Brahma instructs the end of fighting and the home of Tara, which then gives birth to Budha. Since Brihaspati and Soma now both claim to paternity, threaten the fights break out again. At the behest of Brahma explains Tara that the Moon God is the Father.

By Mamata Brihaspati is the father of the sage Bharadwaja.

The Indian epic Mahabharata says that Indra Brihaspati as a priest appointed, after he had promised him not to sacrifice for the king Marutta.