[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.s21.1152 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1152 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1152 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.1152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.1151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1151) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.1153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1153) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Cites (4) - [Sarvānukramaṇī (Ṛgveda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.katyayana.sarvanukramani) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Bṛhaddevatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.saunaka.brhaddevata) — Śaunaka, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1152) · Pramāṇa