Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.508

v1.c3.s20.508

Nāhuṣa, like Nahus, means, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, in some passages of the Rigveda¹ 'neighbouring' as an adjective, and once² as a substantive 'neighbour.' If, on the other hand, Nahus is taken as a proper name, then Nāhuṣa no doubt denotes 'belonging to the Nahus people,' and, as a substantive, 'King of the Nahus.'