Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.210

v2.c4.s9.210

Sapta-mānuṣa is found in one passage of the Rigveda¹ as an epithet of Agni, ‘belonging to the seven tribes.’ Hopkins² thinks that this is a reference to the seven ‘family’ books of the Rigveda (ii.-viii.), but this seems less likely than the view of Roth,³ that saptamānuṣa is equivalent to vaiśvānara.