Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.383

v1.c3.s17.383

Tūrvayāṇa is the name of a prince mentioned in the Rigveda. He appears by name in two passages,¹ and is clearly alluded to in a third,² as an enemy of Atithigva, Āyu, and Kutsa. With this accords the fact that the Pakthas were opposed in the battle of the ten kings to the Tṛtsus,³ and that Tūrvayāṇa is shown by another passage of the Rigveda⁴ to have been a prince of the Pakthas. He is there represented as having been a protégé of Indra, who aided him against Cyavāna and his guardians, the Maruts. It is not probable that he is identical with Suśravas.⁵