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Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.391

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.391

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v1.c3.s17.391

Tṛkṣi is, in the Rigveda,¹ the name of a prince who was a Trāsadasyava, ‘descendant of Trasadasyu.’ He also appears with the Druhyu and the Pūru peoples in another hymn.² It has been conjectured, but it is not probable, that the steed Tārkṣya (as ‘belonging to Tṛkṣi’) was his.³