[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.s5.129 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.129 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.129 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.128) - [Next: v2.c4.s5.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.130) - [Up: v2.c4.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.129) · Pramāṇa