Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.157

v2.c4.s3.157

Bhāvya is the name of a patron, as it seems, in the Rigveda.¹ In the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra² the form given is Bhāvayavya, being a patronymic of Svanaya, who is the patron of Kakṣīvant. This combination is borne out by the Rigveda, where Kakṣīvant and Svanaya are mentioned in the same verse,³ while Svanaya must be meant in the verse of the same hymn,⁴ where Bhāvya is mentioned as ‘living on the Sindhu’ (Indus). Roth’s⁵ view that Bhāvya here is perhaps a gerundive meaning to be ‘reverenced’ is not probable. Ludwig⁶ thinks Svanaya was connected with the Nahuṣas.