Editing Durvasa (section)

{{short description|Sage in Hindu scriptures}}
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{{Infobox deity
| affiliation = 
| image = Durvasa’s wrath against Shakuntala.jpg
| alt = Durvasa
| caption = A painting depicting Durvasa cursing [[Shakuntala]]
| mother = [[Anasuya]]
| father = [[Atri]]
| siblings = {{ubl|[[Dattatreya]] (brother)|[[Chandra]] (brother)}}
| type = Hindu
| spouse = Kandali
| associate = [[Shiva]] (Puranas)
}}

In [[Hindu]] scriptures, '''Durvasa''' ({{langx|sa|दुर्वासा}}, {{IAST3|Durvāsā}}), also known as '''Durvasas''' ({{langx|sa|दुर्वासस्}}), is a legendary<ref>{{cite book|author=Ludo Rocher|title=The Purāṇas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0-4RJh5FgoC|year=1986|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|isbn=978-3-447-02522-5|pages=115–121 with footnotes}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Witzel |first=Michael E. J. |author-link=Michael E. J. Witzel |title=Autochthonous Aryans? The Evidence from Old Indian and Iranian Texts |journal=Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=69–71 |date=2001 |url= https://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/EJVS-7-3.pdf}}</ref> [[rishi]] (sage). He is the son of [[Anasuya]] and [[Atri]]. According to some [[Puranas]], Durvasa is a partial avatar of [[Shiva]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2012-06-29 |title=Durvasa, Durvāsa, Durvāsā, Dur-vasa: 15 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/durvasa |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> known for his short temper. Wherever he goes, he is received with great reverence by humans and [[Deva (Hinduism)|devas]] alike.<ref>Srimad Valmiki-Ramayana (With Sanskrit Text and English Translation) - Part II(9th Edition), Gita Press, Gorakhpur</ref>