[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.s8.974 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.974 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.974 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.974](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.974) All the references to Śvetaketu belong to the latest period of Vedic literature. It is, therefore, not surprising that the Āpastamba Dharma Sūtra⁹ should refer to him as an Avara, or person of later days, who still became a Ṛṣi by special merit. His date, however, must not be fixed too low, because the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa in which he plays so marked a part is certainly earlier than Pāṇini, and was apparently even in that grammarian's time believed to be an ancient work; hence 500 B.C. is probably rather too late than too early a period for Śvetaketu as a rough approximation to a date.¹⁰ - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.973](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.973) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.975](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.975) - [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.s8.974](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.974) · Pramāṇa