[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.s18.208 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.208 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.208 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.208) Dātreya is the patronymic of Arāḍa Śaunaka in the Vamśa Brāhmaṇa.¹ Possibly Dārteya, ‘descendant of Dṛti,’ should be read,² but the word may have the same derivation as the latter form with metathesis. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.207) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.209](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.209) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vaṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vamsa) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.208) · Pramāṇa