Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.317

v2.c4.317

Pṛṣadhra occurs in a Vālakhilya hymn of the Rigveda¹ as the name of a man. He is also mentioned in the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra² as a patron of Praskaṇva, and called Pṛṣadhra Medhya Mātariśvan (or Mātariśva); but for once there is a discrepancy between the statement of the Sūtra and the text of the Rigveda, for the hymns³ there attributed to Praskaṇva as in praise of Pṛṣadhra have nothing in them connected with Pṛṣadhra, while the Anukramaṇi (Index) ascribes to Pṛṣadhra himself the authorship of one of them.⁴ On the other hand, Medhya and Mātariśvan appear as separate persons in the Rigveda¹ along with Pṛṣadhra.