[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.s21.832 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.832 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.832 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.832](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.831](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.831) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.833](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.833) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.6.27.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.832](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.832) · Pramāṇa