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Kanva or Kanwa ( Sanskrit: कण्व káṇva), also called Karnesh, was an ancient Hindu rishi [1] of the Treta Yuga, to whom some of the hymns of the Rig Veda are ascribed.[ citation needed] He was one of the Angirasas.[ citation needed] He has been called a son of Ghora, but this lineage belongs to Pragatha Kanva, a subsequent Kanva of which there were many. [2] [3] However, Puranic literature has other different lineages for him, one as the son of Apratiratha and grandson of King Matinara, and another as the son of Ajamidha, who was a descendant in the ninth generation of Tansu, the brother of Apratiratha (Atiratha), or Ajamidha who was a contemporary of Matinara. [3] [4] This last seems to be the modern consensus. [3] [5] He is sometimes included in the list of the seven sages (the Saptarishis). [1] Kanva had a son Medhatithi. [4] [5] Kanva is also mentioned in Mahabharata as the step-father of Shakuntala.
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Kanva or Kanwa ( Sanskrit: कण्व káṇva), also called Karnesh, was an ancient Hindu rishi [1] of the Treta Yuga, to whom some of the hymns of the Rig Veda are ascribed.[ citation needed] He was one of the Angirasas.[ citation needed] He has been called a son of Ghora, but this lineage belongs to Pragatha Kanva, a subsequent Kanva of which there were many. [2] [3] However, Puranic literature has other different lineages for him, one as the son of Apratiratha and grandson of King Matinara, and another as the son of Ajamidha, who was a descendant in the ninth generation of Tansu, the brother of Apratiratha (Atiratha), or Ajamidha who was a contemporary of Matinara. [3] [4] This last seems to be the modern consensus. [3] [5] He is sometimes included in the list of the seven sages (the Saptarishis). [1] Kanva had a son Medhatithi. [4] [5] Kanva is also mentioned in Mahabharata as the step-father of Shakuntala.