[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.c3.351 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.351 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.351 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.351](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.351) Anu, Ānava.—Grassmann and Roth¹ see in these words designations of people foreign to the Aryans. But it is clear² that they denote a special people, the Anus, who are mentioned with the Yadus, Turvaśas, Druhyus, and Pūrus,³ with the Druhyus,⁴ and with the Turvaśas, Yadus, and Druhyus.⁵ It is also a fair conclusion from their mention in a passage of the Rigveda⁶ that they dwelt on the Paruṣṇī. The inference that the Bhṛgus were connected with this tribe is much more doubtful,⁷ for it rests solely on the fact that in one place⁸ the Bhṛgus and Druhyus are mentioned together, and not Anus and Druhyus. Ānava is used as an epithet of Agni,⁹ but also in the sense of ‘Anu prince,’¹⁰ in one case in conjunction with Turvaśa.¹¹ - [Previous: v1.c3.350](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.350) - [Next: v1.c3.352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.352) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.351](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.351) · Pramāṇa