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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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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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## Linked texts (1)

- [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit

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