Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.87
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.87
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v2.c4.s7.87
Vanar-gu, ‘forest-goer,’ is used in the Rigveda¹ and the Atharvaveda² to designate robbers who haunt the forests. In the Sāmaveda³ the term is more generally opposed to civilized men (kavayaḥ, ‘sages’; vanargavaḥ, ‘savages’).