Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1152

v1.c3.s21.1152

Puru-miḷha is mentioned twice in the Rigveda¹ as an ancient sage, in which capacity he appears in the Atharvaveda² also. Perhaps the same³ Purumiḷha is intended in an obscure hymn in the Rigveda,⁴ where, according to the legends reported in the Bṛhaddevatā⁵ and by Ṣaḍguruśiṣya in his commentary on the Sarvānukramaṇī,⁶ and by Sāyaṇa in his commentary on the Rigveda,⁴ he as well as Taranta was a son of Vidadaśva, and a patron of the singer Śyāvāśva. The correctness of the legend has been shown to be most improbable by Oldenberg,⁷ who points out⁸ that the legend misinterprets the Rigveda by making Purumiḷha a Vaidadaśvi, for he is there only compared in generosity to one.