[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.s17.383 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.383 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.383 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.383](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.382](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.382) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.384](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.384) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.383](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.383) · Pramāṇa