[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.s2.4 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.4 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.4 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.4) Ikṣvāku.—In the Rigveda this name occurs but once,¹ and in a doubtful context. It is clear, however, that it denotes a prince; later interpretations make Asamāti, whose name is read into the hymn, an Ikṣvāku prince.² In the Atharvaveda³ also the name is found in only one passage, where it is uncertain whether a descendant of Ikṣvāku, or Ikṣvāku himself, is referred to; in either case he seems to be regarded as an ancient hero. In the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa⁴ mention is made of Tryaruṇa Traidhātva Aikṣvāka, who is identical with the Tryaruṇa Traivṛṣṇa of the Bṛhaddevatā,⁵ and with Tryaruṇa Trasadasyu in the Rigveda.⁶ The connection of Trasadasyu with the Ikṣvākus is confirmed by the fact that Purukutsa was an Aikṣvāka, according to the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.⁷ Thus the Ikṣvāku line was originally a line of princes of the Pūrus. Zimmer⁸ places them on the upper Indus, but they may well have been somewhat further east.⁹ Later Ikṣvāku is connected with Ayodhyā. - [Previous: v1.c3.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.3) - [Next: v1.c3.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.5) - [Up: v1.c3.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2) ## Linked texts (5) - [Bṛhaddevatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata.5.14) — Śaunaka, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.60.4) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.13.5.4) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.4) · Pramāṇa