Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.182
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.182
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v1.c3.s19.182
Dhīvan occurs in the Atharvaveda,¹ where it may either be taken with Roth,² Bloomfield,³ and Whitney⁴ as an epithet of ‘chariot-builders’ (*ratha-kārāḥ*), meaning ‘clever,’ or be construed with the scholiast as denoting ‘fishermen’ (*dhīvara*). The Paippalāda recension has *takṣāṇaḥ*, ‘carpenters.’