Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s4.8

c5.s4.8

9. Turvaśa—often mentioned in the Ṛgveda in association with the Yadu, the two being mentioned as brought by Indra from a distant land; they attacked Divodāsa, but were defeated by the latter’s son Sudās; later they merged with the Krivis, etc., to give rise to the Pañcāla people; associated with the Pañcālas according to the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa; post-Vedic literature spells the name as Turvasu and makes it the name of one of the five sons of Yayāti of the lunar race (cf. Pūru, etc.).