Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.9

v1.c3.s11.9

Kakuha, a word occurring several times in the Rigveda,¹ is understood by Roth² to designate part of a chariot, perhaps the seat. Ludwig,³ again, regards it in one passage⁴ as the proper name of a Yādava prince who took spoil from Tirindira, the Parśu, but this view is hardly probable.⁵ It is, on the whole, most likely that the word always means ‘chief,’ ‘pre-eminent,’ being applied as an epithet to horses, chariots, princes, etc.⁶ This is the only sense given by Grassmann,⁷ and later adopted by Roth.⁸