Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1126

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1126

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c4.1126

ATITHIGVA. He was a King referred to in the Ṛgveda. He had another name, "Divodāsa". This King had fought several battles against Asuras with the help of Indra. It is said that once, being afraid of the Asuras, he tried to hide himself under the water. (Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 10, Sūkta 53; Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 16, Sūkta 112).

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Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit