[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) › v2.c4.201 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.201 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.201 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.201) In several other passages of the Rigveda¹³ the Pūrus as a people seem to be meant. The Nirukta¹⁴ recognizes the general sense of ‘man,’ but in no passage is this really necessary or even probable. So utterly, however, is the tradition lost that the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹⁵ explains Pūru in the Rigveda¹⁶ as an Asura Rakṣas; it is only in the Epic that Pūru revives as the name of a son of Yayāti and Śarmiṣṭhā.¹⁷ - [Previous: v2.c4.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.200) - [Next: v2.c4.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.202) - [Up: v2.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.201) · Pramāṇa