[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.s12.349 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.349 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.349 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.349](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.349) Gotama is mentioned several times in the Rigveda,¹ but never in such a way as to denote personal authorship of any hymn.² It seems clear that he was closely connected with the Aṅgirases, for the Gotamas frequently refer to Aṅgiras.³ That he bore the patronymic Rāhūgaṇa is rendered probable by one hymn of the Rigveda,⁴ and is assumed in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,⁵ where he appears as the Purohita, or domestic priest, of Māthava Videgha, and as a bearer of Vedic civilization. He is also mentioned in the same Brāhmaṇa⁶ as a contemporary of Janaka of Videha, and Yājñavalkya, and as the author of a Stoma.⁷ He occurs, moreover, in two passages of the Atharvaveda.⁸ - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.348) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.350](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.350) - [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.s12.349](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.349) · Pramāṇa