[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.s8.832 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.832 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.832 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.832](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.831](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.831) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.833](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.833) - [Up: v2.c4.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.832](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.832) · Pramāṇa