Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.129
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.129
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v2.c4.s5.129
Rathavīti Dārbhya (‘descendant of Darbha’) is mentioned once in the Rigveda¹ as residing in places abounding in kine (*gomatī anu*) far away among the hills, possibly the Himālayas, and as the patron of the singer of the hymn. Later the tradition² makes him the king, whose daughter Śyāsvāśva won for his wife by his father’s and the Maruts’ aid.