Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.500

v1.c3.s11.500

Kuya-vāc (‘evil-speaking’) appears in one passage of the Rigveda¹ to denote a demon slain by Indra, probably as a personification of the barbarian opponents of the Āryans. The expression mṛdhra-vāc (‘speaking insultingly’) is similarly used of barbarians in the Rigveda.²