Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.259

v1.c3.s20.259

2. Naḍa Naiṣadha is mentioned in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,¹ where he seems to be² a human king who is compared with Yama, the god of death, because of his conquests. Being there identified with the southern sacrificial fire, he was presumably a king of the south, just as Yama is connected with the south.