Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.489

v1.c3.s20.489

Nārṣada, ‘descendant of Nṛṣad,’ is the patronymic of Kaṇva (i.e., a descendant of Kaṇva) in the Atharvaveda,¹ and in one passage of the Rigveda,² where probably the same man is referred to in another passage³ as a protégé of the Aśvins, and perhaps as the husband of Ruśatī. But in a third passage of the Rigveda⁴ the name seems applied to a demon, though this is not certain.