Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.295

v1.c3.s17.295

Tugrya occurs in the Rigveda as a patronymic of Bhujyu,¹ but also in a passage² in which no reference to Bhujyu appears to be meant, and in which it may mean ‘a man of the house of Tugra.’ A similar sense seems to occur in the locative plural feminine in the Rigveda,³ where (supplying vikṣu) the meaning must be ‘among the Tugrians.’ This explanation may also apply to the epithet of Indra⁴ or Soma,⁵ *tugryā-vṛdh*, ‘rejoicing among the Tugrians.’