Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s6.109

v1.c3.s6.109

⁷ Rv. i. 130, 6; v. 11; 29, 15; 73, 10; x. 39, 14. So a poet is a Kāru (if from *kṛ*, ‘make,’ but usually derived from *kṛ*, ‘commemorate’), and makes (*kṛ*, Rv. ii. 39, 8; viii. 62, 4) as well as creates (*jan*, Rv. vii. 15, 4; viii. 88, 4) hymns.