Atri’s Family Tree

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Family

• Brahma(parent),Agni(sibling),Angiras(sibling),Bhrigu(sibling),Daksha(sibling),Four Kumaras(sibling),Kamadeva(sibling),Kashyapa(sibling),Kratu(sibling),Marichi(sibling),Narada(sibling),Pulaha(sibling),Pulastya(sibling),Vasishtha(sibling)— Miraculous

  Brahma willed the Prajapatis and sages into existence from his mind at the dawn of creation — Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Vasishtha, Bhrigu, Daksha, Narada, Kamadeva, Agni, Kashyapa, Manu, and the Four Kumaras — each charged with populating and ordering the cosmos, though the Kumaras refused and chose eternal renunciation instead.

  ⚠ Lists of Brahma's manasaputras vary across Puranas. Vishnu Purana 1.7 lists the Saptarishis (Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Vasishtha) plus Bhrigu and Daksha. Bhagavata Purana 3.12 adds Narada and the Kumaras. Kashyapa is listed as Marichi's son in Vishnu Purana 1.15 but appears as a direct manasaputra in other Puranic lists. Kamadeva's parentage varies between Brahma (Shiva Purana) and Vishnu or Dharma in other traditions.

• Anasuya(spouse),Soma(child)— Marriage · Miraculous

  The sage Atri and his devoted wife Anusuya produced Soma, the moon-god, through Atri's intense penance and divine grace, a birth the Puranas count among the most illustrious of the Saptarishi lineages.

Member of

• Saptarishis

  The Saptarishis — Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Vasishtha — are the seven mind-born sages of Brahma who preserve the Vedas and guide humanity through each cosmic age, their forms set among the stars as the constellation of the Great Bear.

  ⚠ Puranic lists of the Seven Sages vary: Vishnu Purana 1.7 gives Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Vasishtha. Other recensions substitute Kashyapa or Bhrigu for one of the standard seven. The roster also changes across different Manvantaras.