[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.s21.866 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.866 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.866 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.866](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.866) Pāśa-dyumna Vāyata is the name of a king to whom the Vasiṣṭhas claim to have been preferred by Indra in one hymn of the Rigveda.¹ Apparently he was, as Sāyaṇa says, son of Vayat, who may be compared with the Vyat of another passage of the Rigveda.² Ludwig³ sees in him a priest of the Pṛthus and Parśus, but this is most improbable.⁴ - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.865](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.865) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.867](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.867) - [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) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.866](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.866) · Pramāṇa