[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.s18.138 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.138 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.138 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.138) which the Rigveda³ calls the daśama yuga, ‘the tenth stage of life.’ Longevity seems not to have been rare among the Vedic Indians, for the desire to live a ‘hundred autumns’ (śaradaḥ śatam) is constantly expressed.⁴ Dīrghatamas is said to have lived 100 years,⁵ and Mahidāsa Aitareya is credited with 116.⁶ Onesikritos⁷ reported that they sometimes lived 130 years, a statement with which corresponds the wish expressed in the Jātaka⁸ for a life of 120 years. Probably the number was always rather imaginary than real, but the comparative brevity of modern life in India⁹ may be accounted for by the cumulative effect of fever, which is hardly known to the Rigveda. See Takman. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.137) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.139) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (2) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.138) · Pramāṇa