[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.266 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.266 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.266 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.265) - [Next: v1.c3.267](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.267) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.266) · Pramāṇa