Atri English

Meaning Atri meaning

What does Atri mean?

Atri properNoun

— (Hinduism) A legendary bard and scholar, one of nine Prajapatis, a son of Brahma, said to be ancestor of some Brahmin, Prajapatis, Kshatriya and Vaishya communities who adopt Atri as their gotra. Atri is one of the Saptarishi (Seven Great Sages) in the seventh, i.e. the present Manvantara.