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Arundhati :

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======================================================================= ======================================================================= Thursday, August 11, 2022. 11:20. Arundhati : ========================================================================= Introduction : Arundhati is the wife of Sage Vasishtha, again one of the Saptarishis. Though a Rishi patni (wife of a Rishi), she is also given the status of a sage and a yogini of high caliber. In fact, many consider her to be at par with the Saptarishis themselves. She is identified with the morning star and also with the star Alcor, which forms a double star with Mizar, which is commonly identified as Rishi Vasishtha. Vedic and Puranic literature extol her as the epitome of purity, chastity, wifely devotion and conjugal bliss. Post-Puranic texts and poems in Sanskrit and Hindi describe her as "chaste and revered", inspiring, worthy of imitation and with a character that cannot be flawed. In Hinduism, one can find