Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.266

v1.c3.266

Atri.—Neither Atri himself nor the Atris can claim any historical reality,¹ beyond the fact that Maṇḍala V. of the Rigveda is attributed, no doubt correctly, to the family of the Atris.² The Atris as a family probably stood in close relations with the Priyamedhas³ and Kaṇvas,⁴ perhaps also with the Gotamas⁵ and Kakṣīvatas.⁶ The mention of both the Paruṣṇī and the Yamunā in one hymn⁷ of the fifth Maṇḍala seems to justify the presumption that the family was spread over a wide extent of territory.