Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.553

v1.c3.s17.553

Traitana appears in the Rigveda¹ as a Dāsa, an enemy of Dīrghatamas, who seems to have engaged him in single combat and defeated him. The St. Petersburg Dictionary suggests that he is rather a supernatural being allied to Trita (*cf.* the Avestan Thrita and Thraetaona).²