[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.s20.354 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.354 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.354 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.354](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.354) ¹² Oldenberg, \*Sacred Books of the East\*, 46, 28; Bergaigne, \*Religion Védique\*, 2, 324. But Nahus, if it was originally the name of a mythic forefather, cannot have been that of a forefather recognized by all the tribes, for there is no passage in which it applies to all men. Geldner, \*Rgveda, Glossar\*, 92, regards Nahus as a tribe, Nahuṣa as a king. Zimmer, \*Altindisches Leben\*, 128, leaves the question open. \*Cf.\* Muir, \*Sanskrit Texts\*, i², 165, n. 7; 179 \*et seq.\*; 307 \*et seq.\* - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.353) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.355](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.355) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.354](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.354) · Pramāṇa