Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.409

v1.c3.s20.409

Nābhā-nediṣṭha (‘nearest in descent’) Mānava (‘descendant of Manu’) is famous in the later Saṃhitās and the Brāhmaṇas¹ for the way in which he was treated when his father Manu divided his property among his sons, or they divided it: Nābhānediṣṭha was left out, but was solaced by obtaining, through his father’s advice, cows from the Āṅgirases, a feat which is regarded in the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra² as on a level with the exploits of other seers who celebrated their patrons in hymns, and as giving rise to the hymn, Rigveda x. 62. Nābhānediṣṭha’s hymn is repeatedly mentioned in the Brāhmaṇas,³ but beyond its authorship nothing is recorded of him. In the Saṃhitā⁴ itself he seems to be spoken of as a poet in one passage, which is, however, of quite uncertain meaning.