[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.s17.405 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.405 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.405 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.405](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.405) Tr̥tsu occurs in the Rigveda, once in the singular¹ and several times in the plural,² as a proper name. The Tr̥tsus were clearly helpers of Sudās in the great battle against the ten kings, Śimyu, the Turvaśa, the Druhyu, Kavaṣa, the Pūru, the Anu, Bheda, Śambara, the two Vaikarṇas, and perhaps the Yadu, who led with them as allies³ the Matsyas, Pakthas, Bhalānas, Alinas, Viṣāṇins, Śivas, Ajas, Śigrus, and perhaps Yakṣus.⁴ The defeat of the ten kings is celebrated in one hymn of the Rigveda,⁵ and is evidently alluded to in two others.⁶ The great battle took place on the Paruṣṇī, but there was also a fight on the Yamunā with Bheda, the Ajas, Śigrus, and Yakṣus. As the Yamunā and the Paruṣṇī represent opposite ends of the territory of the Tṛtsus (for we cannot with Hopkins⁷ safely identify the streams), it is difficult to see exactly how the ten kings could be confederated, but it should be noted that the references to the ten kings occur in the two later hymns,⁶ and not in the hymn⁵ describing the battle itself; besides, absolute numerical accuracy cannot be insisted upon. - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.404](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.404) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.406](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.406) - [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.s17.405](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.405) · Pramāṇa