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'''દુર્વાસા''' હિન્દુધર્મનાં પ્રાચિન રૂષિ ગણાય છે.તેઓ રૂષિ [[અત્રિ]] અને [[અનસુયા]]નાં પુત્ર છે.તેઓ [[શિવ]]નો અવતાર મનાય છે અને પોતાના અતિ ભયંકર ક્રોધ માટે જાણીતા છે. ક્રોધાવેશમાં આવી તે તુરંત શાપ આપી દેતા, જેને કારણે મનુષ્યો અને દેવતાઓ પણ તેનાથી ડરતા. મહાકવિ [[કાલિદાસ]]ના[[શકુંન્તલા અભિગ્યાન]]માં તેઓ શકુંન્તલાને શ્રાપ આપે છે કે તેનો પ્રેમી તેને ભુલી જશે. જો કે તે જેના પર રીઝતા તેને વરદાન પણ તુરંત આપી દેતા,[[મહાભારત]]માં [[પાંડુ]]રાજાની પત્નિ [[કુંતી]]ને તેમણે આપેલ વરદાનને કારણે [[પાંડવો]]નો જન્મ થયાની કથા છે.તેમણે [[કુંતી]]ને વરદાનમાં મંત્ર આપેલ કે જેનાથી તે જે પણ દેવને ઇચ્છશે તે દેવ પાસેથી પુત્ર પ્રાપ્ત કરી શકશે.
===દત્તાત્રય===
બ્રમ્હા, વિષ્ણુ અને મહેશ એમ ત્રણેય દેવોના સંયુક્ત અવતાર સ્વરુપ ''દત્તાત્રય''' ({{lang-sa|दत्तात्रेय}}) અત્રિ ઋષિને ત્યાં અવતર્યા. દત્તનો શબ્દ આપવું અને ત્રણ દેવોના વરદાન રૂપે અવતર્યા તેથી 'ત્રય' એમ આ બન્ને શબ્દોની સંધી જોડી દત્તાત્રય નામ આપવામાં આવ્યું. વળી અત્રિ ઋષિને ત્યાં અવતર્યા તેથી '''આત્રેય''' એવા નામે પણ ઓળખાય છે. [[નાથ સંપ્રદાય]]માં દત્તાત્રયને શિવજીનો અવતાર ગણવામાં આવે છે. અને [[આદિનાથ સંપ્રદાય]]માં ગુરુ દત્તાત્રયને આદિગુરુ માનવામાં આવે છે. તંત્રદર્શનમાં તેમને યોગેશ્વર તરીકે પૂજવામાં આવતા હોવા છતાં તેઓને આદિગુરુ તરીકે હિંન્દુ ધર્મનો બહોળો વર્ગ અને અધિકાંશ ભાગ પૂજે છે.
===પતંજલિ===
The confrontation of sage Durvasa with Ambarisha is a very famous story in Shrimad Bhagavatam. Ambarish was a great devotee of Vishnu and adhered firmly to the truth. He performed a Yagnya with such great devotional fervour that Lord Narayan was pleased to bless him with Sudarshana Chakra (Sudarshana meaning "good looking") and which manifested as a wheel of prosperity, peace and security to his kingdom. Once, Ambarisha performed the Dvadasi Vratha, which required that the king must start a fast on Ekadashi and break it at the start of Dvadasi and feed all the people. As the moment of breaking the fast was drawing near, the mighty sage Durvasa arrived and was received with all honours by Ambarish. Durvasa agreed to the king's request to be his honoured guest, and asked the king to wait until he finished his bath in the river and returned. As the auspicious moment approached when the king had to break his fast to fulfill the vow of the vratha, Durvasa did not turn up. On the advice of the sage Vasishtha, the king broke his fast by taking a Tulasi leaf with water, and waited for the arrival of sage Durvasa to offer him food.
યોગસૂત્રના રચનાકાર, સોમદત્ત અથવા ચંદ્રાત્રય તરીકે ઓળખાતા પતંજલિ અત્રિ ઋષિના ત્રીજા પુત્ર છે.
Durvasa felt that Ambarisha had violated the respect due to a guest by breaking his fast before the guest had taken his meal, and in his rage created a demon to kill Ambarisha, out of a strand of his hair. Lord Narayan's Sudarshana intervened, destroyed the demon and started chasing Durvasa himself. Durvasa went to Brahma and Shiva for protection. Both pleaded their inability to save him. He went to Lord Narayan himself, who said that he could do nothing as he was bound by the blemishless devotion of Ambarisha and suggested that the sage should seek the king's pardon. Durvasa went to Ambarisha, who prayed to Lord Vishnu to recall the Sudarsana and save Durvasa.
In Mahābhārata, during the exile of the Pandavas, Durvasa turns up with several disciples at the place where the Pandavas were staying. During this period, the Pandavas obtained their food by means of the Akshaya Patra, which would become exhausted for the day once Draupadi finished her meal. When Durvasa arrived there was no food left to serve him, and the Pandavas were very anxious as to what would be their fate if they failed to feed such a venerable sage. While Durvasa and his disciples were away at the banks of the river bathing, Draupadi prayed to Lord Krishna for help. As always, they were once again saved by Him, who visited them, and partook of the lone grain of rice that remained in the Akshaya Patra and announced that He was satisfied by the meal. This satiated the hunger of Durvasa and all his disciples too, as the satisfaction of Lord Krishna meant the satiation of the hunger of the whole Universe. The sage and his disciples then left, blessing the Pandavas.
But on the other hand he was also famous for his boons if he grew happy with someone. An example in this context would be the boon he gave to Kunti, wife of Pandu and mother of the mighty Pandavas which enabled her to call or invoke any god of her choice. It was by the use of this mantra which Durvasa gave her that she was able to call the following gods:
Surya—he blessed her with a son named Karna.
Yama—he blessed her with a son named Yudhisthira, eldest of the Pandavas.
Vayu—he blessed her with a son named Bhima, the mightiest of all Pandavas.
Indra—he blessed her with a son named Arjuna, the great archer and
Ashwini Gods—they blessed Madri (Pandu's second wife) with twins named Nakula and Sahadeva.
===Dattatreya===
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'''Dattatreya''' ({{lang-sa|दत्तात्रेय}}) is considered by Hindus to be god who is an incarnation of the Divine Trinity [[Brahma]], [[Vishnu]] and [[Shiva|Siva]]. The word Datta means "Given", Datta is called so because the divine trinity have "given" themselves in the form of a son to the sage couple Atri and Anasuya. He is the son of Atri, hence the name "Atreya."
In the [[Nath|Nath tradition]], Dattatreya is recognized as an [[Avatar]] or incarnation of the Lord [[Shiva]] and as the Adi-Guru (First Teacher) of the [[Adinath Sampradaya]] of the Nathas. Although Dattatreya was at first a "Lord of Yoga" exhibiting distinctly [[Tantra|Tantric]] traits,{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}} he was adapted and assimilated into the more devotional cults; while still worshiped by millions of [[Hindus]], he is approached more as a benevolent god than as a teacher of the highest essence of Indian thought.
===Patañjali===
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Also Known as Somadatta and Chandraatreya.
[[Image:patanjali.jpg|Patañjali as an incarnation of [[Adi Sesha]]|thumb|right]]'''Patañjali''' ([[Devanagari|Devanāgarī]] पतञ्जलि) ([[floruit|fl.]] 150 BCE<ref>
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