Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.115

c23.115

¹ The long medial ā might be a relic of the dual formation Mitrā-varuṇau, as in the plural compound Mitrā-Varuṇa-Dakṣāṃśa-, &c. (Bṛhadd iv, 82), or the lengthening of the medial vowel, as in viśvānara, Viśvāmitra, gūrtāvasu (see Macdonell’s Vedic Grammar, p. 10, 4 d). If the meaning were really ‘relating to (descended from) Mitra and Varuṇa’, Maitrāvāruṇa might perhaps be expected, as Maitrābārhaspatya shows.