[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.c3.652 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.652 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.652 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.652](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.652) Alina is the name of a people mentioned once only in the Rigveda.¹ Roth² thought that the Alinas were allies—possibly a subdivision—of the Tṛtsus. Ludwig³ more probably thinks that they were defeated by Sudās, together with the Pakthas, Bhalānas, Śivas, and Viṣāṇins, with whom they are mentioned, at the Paruṣṇī; and Zimmer⁴ suggests that they lived to the north-east of Kafiristan. - [Previous: v1.c3.651](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.651) - [Next: v1.c3.653](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.653) - [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.c3.652](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.652) · Pramāṇa