# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vamadeva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:56:02.101Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vamadeva"
name: "Vamadeva"
slug: "vamadeva"
description: "Vamadeva is a rishi (sage) in Hindu literature. He is credited as the author of Mandala 4 of the Rigveda. He is mentioned prominently in the Upanishads as well, particularly the Brihadaranyaka and the Aitareya. He is described to be the son of a sage named Gotama and the brother of Nodhasa, who is also associated with hymns in the Rigveda. According to the orientalist Pargiter, Vamadeva is the father of Brihaduktha, and belongs to the lineage of Sage Angiras."
tagline: "GOD Shiva"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Elephanta_Mahesamurti_1.JPG/330px-Elephanta_Mahesamurti_1.JPG"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-1500"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.61
  momentum:             0.03710575139146568
  historical:           7.286142666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vamadeva"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%B1"
    title: "বামদেৱ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC"
    title: "বামদেব"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vamadeva"
    title: "Vamadeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vam%C3%A1deva"
    title: "Vamádeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5"
    title: "वामदेव"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5"
    title: "वामदेव"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Вамадева"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "வாமதேவர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4103185"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump