The History and Culture of the Indian People v1.c19.s3.t2.8

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Vītahavya, mentioned in the *Ṛigveda* (VI. 15. 2, 3) along with Bharadvāja and as a contemporary of Sudās, may have been a king of the Sṛiñjayas. In the *Atharvaveda* (VI. 137. 1), he appears as connected with Jamadagni and Asita; but this legend has probably little value. The Vītahavyas are said to have come to ruin because they devoured a Brāhmaṇa's cow (*AV*, V. 18. 10-11; 19. 1).