[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.s17.295 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.295 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.295 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.294](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.294) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.296](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.296) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.295) · Pramāṇa