[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.s8.983 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.983 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.983 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.983](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.982](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.982) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.984](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.984) - [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.s8.983](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.983) · Pramāṇa