Talk:Vasishtha

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Regarding Vashisht creating a self governed kingdom.

I have removed the three badly written citation-less paragraphs with bad formatting and in a tone not quite right for an encyclopedia, regarding the same which were inserted in the middle of a section that had nothing to do with it. If you want to add that part again, please use a proper tone and formatting and put it into a separate section of its own. We appreciate your knowledge of Indian Mythology and your enthusiasm and would love to have you contribute, but please be objective and remember that Wikipedia in a Neutral Point of View encyclopedia and not a platform to voice your opinions. Thanks. LuciferTiger (talk) 17:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Spellings

Outsiders would be helped by an explanation (near the top of the article) of the various spellings on this and related pages and the reason why the latest redirect was made. The subject has arisen on the Genealogy Wikia, and clarification is desirable. Robin Patterson (talk) 03:05, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Move sections about Yoga Vasistha to that article

I think three sections of this article which are related to the Yoga Vasistha should be moved there. Please confirm if this is okay. Would anyone like to help? Wiki-uk (talk) 04:51, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

This has been completed now. Wiki-uk (talk) 04:58, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

About Changing the name

Guys !! it's 'Mahirshi Vashisht' not just 'Vashisht' !! he deserves some respect, don't he ?? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.239.35.226 (talk) 12:58, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Please Correct spelling of Vashishtha 'Vashisht, to Vashishtha Abhipandit787 (talk) 12:21, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 31 December 2017

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was:  Done (non-admin closure) Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ _Talk 18:32, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

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Vasistha → Vasishtha – To match the spelling currently in the article Lithopsian (talk) 17:03, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:28, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

• @Lithopsian: The article says that the Sanskrit version of his his name is वसिष्ठ , which is "Vasiṣṭha". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:30, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

I'm not attached to one spelling or the other, but the lead starts with Vasishtha and mostly sticks with that as the preferred spelling. Several other spellings are also mentioned, and the article is sometimes muddled about them. I wouldn't like (or know) which to pick, but as it stands the title and the lead contradict eachother. Lithopsian (talk) 13:38, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, WP:NCINDIC says to generally use the simplified transliteration (which Vasishtha seems to be from checking the table; Vasiṣṭha is the formal transliteration) unless there's another transliteration used widely. Both vasista and vasishta seem to be used in book results. I don't think vasistha is primary over vasishta so support move. Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:42, 7 January 2018 (UTC) Looking at gbooks results, there are 4 different ways to transliteration - vasista, vasistha, vasishta, vasishtha - of which have varying usage; neither has 75%+ usage as per primary transliteration so should be moved according to proposed unless I've gotten the simplified transliteration wrong. Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:49, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

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Infobox parents

@Chariotrider555: Months ago, we decided to add "Mitra-Varuna and Urvashi" as Vedic parents and "Brahma" as Puranic father. However, the Vedic version reappears in the many of the Purana. In the Ramayana and Purana, Vasishtha is first created by Brahma and is reborn from MitraVaruna, after Vasishtha is cursed by a king to die. How should we incorporate this in infobox? .245CMR.•^👥📜 09:18, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Infoboxes are always tricky. We could split it into father and mother and say "Father: Mitra-Varuna or Brahma" and "Mother: Urvashi", or we could just remove all references to parentage in the infobox and list how all the various traditions treat the subject of his parentage, which would be much more informative. Chariotrider555 (talk) 15:43, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

@Chariotrider555: Adding "or Brahma" as the father creates a misconception of him fathering Vasishtha from Urvashi. Since, the case is too much complex, we can incorporate it like this:

• Vedic: Mitra-Varuna and Urvashi
• Puranic:
  • Brahma (first birth)
  • Mitra-Varuni and Urvashi (current birth)

However, I think removing it would be better to avoid confusion and explain the parentage in the body. .245CMR.•^👥📜 15:52, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

I agree that removing would be better in favor of explaining in the body. Chariotrider555 (talk) 16:13, 2 July 2021 (UTC)