Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.191

v2.c4.191

In the Rigveda the Pūrus are expressly⁵ mentioned as on the Sarasvatī. Zimmer⁶ thinks that the Sindhu (Indus) is meant in this passage. But Ludwig⁷ and Hillebrandt⁸ with much greater probability think that the eastern Sarasvatī in Kurukṣetra is meant. This view accords well with the sudden disappearance of the name of the Pūrus from Vedic tradition, a disappearance accounted for by Oldenberg’s⁹ conjecture that the Pūrus became part of the great Kuru people, just as Turvaśa and Krivi disappear from the tradition on their being merged in the Pañcāla nation. Trāsadasyava, the patronymic of Kuruśravaṇa in the Rigveda,¹⁰ shows that the royal families of the Kurus and the Pūrus were allied by intermarriage.