Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.389

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Divodāsa Atithigva is one of the leading princes of the early Vedic age. He was a son of Vadhryaśva,¹ and father, or more probably grandfather, of Sudās, the famous king of the Tṛtsu family, among the Bharatas. Probably Pijavana was the son and Sudās the grandson. Divodāsa was naturally a Bharata,² and, like Sudās, was an opponent of the Turvaśas and Yadus.³ His great enemy was Śambara, the Dāsa, who was apparently chief of a mountain people,⁴ and whom he repeatedly defeated.⁵ He was also, it seems, like his father Vadhryaśva,⁶ an energetic supporter of the fire ritual, for Agni is once called by his name in the Rigveda.⁷ On the other hand, he was defeated, with Āyu and Kutsa, by Indra's aid. In several passages he seems closely connected with the singer family, the Bharadvājas.⁸