[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.s1.292 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.292 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.292 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.292](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.292) Āsaṅga Plāyogi is a king who appears in a Dānastuti (‘Praise of Gifts’) in the Rigveda¹ as a generous patron. Owing, however, to the addition of a curious phallic verse to the hymn, and its early misunderstanding,² a legend was invented that he lost his manhood and became a woman, but by the intercession of Medhyātithi was transformed into a man, much to the delight of his wife, Śaśvatī, whose existence is based on a misunderstanding of the phrase ‘every woman’ (śaśvatī nārī) in the added verse.³ Another misunderstanding of the Dānastuti⁴ gives him a son Svanad-ratha, really a mere epithet, and makes him a descendant of Yadu. - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.291](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.291) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.293](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.293) - [Up: v1.c3.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1) ## 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.s1.292](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.292) · Pramāṇa