Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.832

v2.c4.s8.832

Śyāvāśva's obtaining gifts from Vaidadaśvi is referred to also in the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra.⁷ His name occurs in the Atharvaveda⁸ in two lists of persons, of which the former includes Purumīḷha, the latter also Arcanānas and Atri. A Sāman is ascribed to him in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa,⁹ and he is perhaps referred to in the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka.¹⁰ In the Śaṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra and the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa¹¹ he is styled Ārcanānasa, ‘son of Arcanānas,’ and later¹² he is called Ātreya, ‘descendant of Atri.’