Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.709

v2.c4.709

Prācya denotes in the plural ‘dwellers in the east.’ They are mentioned in the list of peoples in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa.¹ It is very probable that the Kāśīs, Kosalas, Videhas, and perhaps Magadhas, are meant, as Oldenberg² supposes. In the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa³ the Easterns are said to call Agni by the name of Śarva, and their mode of making tombs is there⁴ referred to with disapproval. The Lāṭyāyana Śrauta Sūtra⁵ explains the Vipatha, ‘rough car,’ of the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa⁶ as a car of the Easterns (*prācya-ratha*). In the Saṃhitopaniṣad Brāhmaṇa⁷ reference is made to the Prācya-Pāñcālas.