Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.787

v1.c3.s21.787

2. Pārāvata occurs in several passages of the Rigveda. Roth¹ thinks that in most places² it means 'coming from a distance,' but in two passages³ he regards it as the proper name of a people on the Yamunā (Jumna). It is certain that in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa the Pārāvatas are a people on that river (cf. Turaśravas). Hillebrandt⁴ sees in all the passages⁵ the name of a people, comparing the Παρυῆται of Ptolemy,⁶ who apparently were settled on the northern border of Gedrosia, or the Παροῦται, who were found in Ἀρεία.⁷ He suggests that they were originally ‘mountaineers’ (*cf.* Parvata). Ludwig⁸ holds a similar view, and Geldner⁹ recognizes a people as meant. The mention of the Sarasvatī in connexion with the Pārāvatas² in the Rigveda accords generally with their position on the Yamunā in the Pañcavimśa Brāhmaṇa.³