Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.255

v1.c3.s17.255

Tirindira is mentioned in a Dānastuti, or ‘Praise of Gifts,’ in the Rigveda¹ as having, along with Parśu, bestowed gifts on the singer. In the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra² this statement is represented by a tale that the Kaṇva Vatsa obtained a gift from Tirindira Pāraśavya, Tirindira and Parśu being in this version thus treated as one and the same man. Ludwig³ sees in the Rigvedic passage a proof that the Yadus had gained a victory over Tirindira, and gave a part of the booty to the singers; but there is no proof whatever of the correctness of this interpretation, which Zimmer⁴ shows to be most unlikely. Yadu princes must be meant by Tirindira and Parśu, though Weber⁵ thinks that the singers were Yadus, not the princes. The latter he holds to have been Iranian (*cf.* Τιρίβαζος, and see Parśu), and he thinks that in this there is evidence of continual close relations between India and Iran. This is perfectly possible, but the evidence for it is rather slight.