[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.c4.245 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.245 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.245 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.245) Pṛthi,¹ Pṛthī,² or Pṛthu³ is the name of a semi-mythical personage who is mentioned in the Rigveda and later as a Ṛṣi, and more specially as the inventor of agriculture⁴ and the lord of both worlds, of men and of animals.⁵ He bears in several passages⁶ the epithet Vainya, ‘descendant of Vena,’ and must probably be regarded as a culture hero rather than as a real man. According to other accounts,⁷ he was the first of consecrated kings. \*Cf.\* Pārthiva. - [Previous: v2.c4.244](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.244) - [Next: v2.c4.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.246) - [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.c4.245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.245) · Pramāṇa