Vadula

Vadula (Vadhula / Vadoola / Vadhoola / Vatula / Vathula) is a word that has several meanings including "enlightened, lashed by the wind to the point of losing one's sanity, god's madcap, detached from the world, and seeker of truth."

Vadula was a who gave his name to a, or a line of descent, commonly amongst. Vadula Maharishi was reportedly prone to great distraction, which some ascribe to deep, consciousness-expanding meditation.

In, a Rishi ( ऋषि) is a  and/or  who "heard" (cf. ) the hymns of the   from the Supreme Being  while he was in deep meditation. A rishi can be regarded as a combination of a patriarch, a priest, a preceptor, an author of Vedic hymns, a sage, a saint, an ascetic, a prophet and a hermit into a single person.