[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.s20.489 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.489 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.489 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.489](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.488](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.488) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.490](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.490) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.31.11) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.4.19.2) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.489](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.489) · Pramāṇa