Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.832

v1.c3.s21.832

Pārthava, ‘descendant of Pṛthu,’ occurs once in the Rigveda,¹ where the Pārthavas are mentioned as generous donors. The passage is somewhat obscure, as there is a reference² to a defeat of the Turvaśas and the Vṛcīvants by Sṛñjaya Daivavāta, followed in the next verse by the praise of the bounty to the singer of Abhyāvartin Cāyamāna, who was clearly a Pārthava, and who, in the earlier part of the hymn, has been referred to as victorious over Varaśikha. It is uncertain whether, as Zimmer³ suggests, the two princes, Abhyāvartin Cāyamāna and Sṛñjaya Daivavāta, are identical or not.⁴ That Pārthava has any direct connexion with the Parthians, as held by Brunnhofer, is most improbable.⁵ *Cf.* Parśu.