[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.s21.1139 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1139 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1139 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.1139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1139) Puru-ṇitha Śāta-vaneya (‘descendant of Śatavani’) is the name of a sacrificer, or perhaps a priest, a Bhāradvāja, in the Rigveda.¹ It is doubtful whether he is also mentioned as a singer in another passage of the Rigveda.² In both places Roth³ sees in Puru-ṇitha merely a word meaning ‘choral song.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.1138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1138) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.1140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1140) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1139) · Pramāṇa