[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.s3.157 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.157 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.157 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s3.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s3.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.156) - [Next: v2.c4.s3.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.158) - [Up: v2.c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.157) · Pramāṇa