Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.160

v1.c3.s11.160

² iii. 5, 6. The exact sense of the passage is doubtful. Zimmer, *Altindisches Leben*, 252; Bloomfield, *Hymns of the Atharvaveda*, 144; and Whitney, *Translation of the Atharvaveda*, 92, take the reference to be to ‘skilled chariot-makers’ (*dhīvāno ratha-kārāḥ*) and ‘clever smiths,’ but this is perhaps less likely. The commentator interprets *dhīvāṇaḥ* as ‘fishermen’ (in the later language *dhīvara* means both a ‘clever man’ and a ‘fisherman’).