Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.983

v2.c4.s8.983

Śvaitreya occurs in two passages of the Rigveda,¹ where Sāyaṇa sees in the word the name of a man, a ‘descendant of Śvitrā.’ The first passage is almost identical with one in the sixth Maṇḍala of the Rigveda,² where, however, Daśadyu appears alone without Śvaitreya. Ludwig³ identifies Daśadyu with Śvaitreya (‘son of Śvitrī’), and considers him a son of Kutsa.⁴ Bergaigne⁵ and Baunack⁶ think he is really Bhujyu. Geldner⁷ considers that he was a bull used for fighting, the son of a Śvitrā cow,⁸ but this is very doubtful, though the term śvaitreya is elsewhere applied to a bull.⁹ Śvitrya¹⁰ seems to have the same sense as Śvaitreya.