[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c23.115 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.115 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.115 - **Language:** English ### [c23.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.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. - [Previous: c23.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.114) - [Next: c23.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.116) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23) ## Cites (1) - [Bṛhaddevatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.saunaka.brhaddevata) — Śaunaka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.115) · Pramāṇa