[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.s12.259 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.259 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.259 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.259) Gṛtsa-mada is the name of a seer to whom the Sarvānukramaṇī attributes the authorship of the second Maṇḍala of the Rigveda. This tradition is supported by the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa¹ and the Aitareya Āraṇyaka.² The Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa³ speaks of him as a Bhārgava, ‘descendant of Bhṛgu,’ with a variant Bābhrava, ‘descendant of Babhru,’ but the later tradition keeps to the former patronymic.⁴ The Gṛtsamadas are often mentioned in the second Maṇḍala of the Rigveda,⁵ and are also called Śunahotras,⁶ but never Gārtsamadas or Śaunahotras, and Gṛtsamada himself never occurs there.⁷ - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.258) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.260) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.259) · Pramāṇa