[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.s2.178 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.178 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.178 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.178) Bṛsaya is mentioned twice in the Rigveda, being in the first passage¹ connected with the Paṇis, and in the second² with the Pārāvatas and the Paṇis. According to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, the word is the name of a demon,³ but is in the second passage² used as an appellative, perhaps meaning ‘sorcerer.’⁴ Hillebrandt⁵ thinks that a people is meant locating them in Arachosia or Drangiana with the Pārāvatas and the Paṇis, and comparing Βαρσαέντης, satrap of Arachosia and Drangiana in the time of Darius.⁶ But this theory is not probable. - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.177) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.179) - [Up: v2.c4.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.178) · Pramāṇa