Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.582

v1.c3.s21.582

4. Parśu occurs in one passage in a Dānastuti (‘praise of gifts’) in the Rigveda¹ as the name of a man. It is not certain that he is identical with Tirindira, but the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra² mentions Tirindira Pārāśavya as the patron of Vatsa Kāṇva.³ In another passage occurring in the Vṛṣākapi hymn,⁴ Parśu Mānavī occurs, apparently as a woman, daughter of Manu, but who is meant it is quite impossible to say. Excepting these two, there are no other occurrences in which the word has with any probability the value of a proper name in the Rigveda.