Word

Garga

Sanskrit

गार्ग

IAST

gārga

In General

Sage Garga is the son of Rishi Bharadwaja and Suseela. Garga was the family priest of Nanda Gopar; he was the sage who named Nanda-Yesoda’s child as "Krishna" after receiving the name by meditation. Garga is the author of Garga Samhita ,an astronomical treatise. Varahamihira’s work is a further development of his work.

Prasanna Parvathi Sametha Gargeshwari temple near Mysore is named after the Garga where Ardhanareeswara appeared before him.

Another sage in the lineage of Garga is Gargya. Gargya composed some of the Sukthas of the Atharvana Veda. Gargya was also considered as a language expert before Panini.