[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.c3.489 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.489 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.489 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.489](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.489) Abhyāvartin is also referred to as a Pārthava. Ludwig⁴ and Hillebrandt⁵ maintained that he is thus a Parthian, the latter using the evidence of the two places mentioned in the description⁶ of Daivavāta’s victories, Hariyūpīyā and Yavyāvatī, as proofs for the western position of Abhyāvartin’s people in Arachosia, in Iran. But Zimmer⁷ is probably right in holding that the name Pārthava merely means ‘a descendant of Pṛthu,’ and that its similarity to the Iranian Parthians is only on a par with the numerous other points of identity between the Indian and Iranian cultures. - [Previous: v1.c3.488](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.488) - [Next: v1.c3.490](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.490) - [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.c3.489](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.489) · Pramāṇa