Vedic Mythology c6.s7.5

c6.s7.5

Medhyātithi, a descendant of Kaṇva, being called by the patronymic Kāṇva (8, 2⁴⁰), is mentioned nine times in the RV., occasionally with Kaṇva in enumerations of ancestors (1, 36¹⁰. ¹¹. ¹⁷). The name seems to mean ‘he who has a sacrificial guest (i. e. Agni)’. Priyamedha, whose name occurs four or five times and is found beside that of Kaṇva (8, 5²⁵), belongs to the past, but his descendants often speak of themselves in the plural as Priyamedhas⁴.