[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.c4.392 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.392 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.392 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.392](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.392) Pautạ-krata, ‘descendant of Pūtakratā,’ is the metronymic of a man, apparently Dasyave Vṛka, in the Rigveda.¹ Scheftelowitz² proposes to read Pūtakratu with the Kashmir MS. of the Rigveda, arguing that in the same hymn Pūtakratāyī, the wife of Pūtakratu, is referred to, and that therefore Pūtakratu is appropriate, Pūtakratāyī³ being the feminine, like Manāyī,⁴ for Manāvī. But the ordinary reading in the sense of descendant is perfectly legitimate, as Oldenberg⁵ has pointed out. - [Previous: v2.c4.391](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.391) - [Next: v2.c4.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.393) - [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.c4.392](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.392) · Pramāṇa