Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.455

v1.c3.s18.455

Dīrgha-śravas (‘far-famed’) is the name of a royal seer who, according to the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa,¹ having been banished from his kingdom, and suffering from actual hunger, ‘saw’ a certain Sāman (chant), and thus obtained food. In one passage of the Rigveda² an Auśija,³ a merchant (vaṇij), is mentioned as dīrgha-śravas, which may be a proper name, as Sāyaṇa holds, or an adjective, as it is understood by Roth.⁴