[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.c4.317 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.317 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.317 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.317](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.316](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.316) - [Next: v2.c4.318](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.318) - [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.c4.317](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.317) · Pramāṇa