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Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.184

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.184

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v1.c3.s16.184

A Jahnāvī is mentioned twice in the Rigveda,⁵ being either the wife of Jahnu, or, as Sāyaṇa thinks, the race of Jahnu. The family must clearly once have been a great one, later merged in the Bharatas.

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