[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.s9.210 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.210 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.210 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.210](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.209](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.209) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.211) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.210](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.210) · Pramāṇa