arcanānas

arcanā́nas m. ‘who has a rattling carriage’, N. of a Ṛṣi, RV. v, 64, 7 and AV. xviii, 3, 15.

arcanānas m. N. of a Ṛiṣi belonging to the Atri family; narā vibhratāvarcanānasam Rv.5.64.7.

arcanā́nas (arcana + anas) m. (der einen tönenden Wagen hat) N. pr. eines Ṛṣi: sùtaṃ somàṃ na hàstibhirā̀ pàḍbhirdhā̂vataṃ narā̀ bibhrâtāvarcànānâsam ṚV. 5, 64, 7. àgastyâḥ śyā̀vāśvàḥ sobhâryarcànānā̂ḥ AV. 18, 3, 15. Verz. d. B. H. 58, 2, v. u.

arcanānas mit dem patron. Ātreya Ind. St.3,203,b.

arcanā́nas, m. (der einen tönenden Wagen, ánas, hat). Eigenname eines Sängers.

-asam {418,7}.

arcanā́nas m. N.pr. eines Ṛṣi.

Arcanānas. — In one passage of the Rigveda¹ the gods Mitra-

Varuṇa are besought to protect Arcanānas. He is also in-

voked with Śyāvāśva and several other ancestors enumerated

in the Atharvaveda.² He appears as father of Śyāvāśva in the

Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.³ The later tradition makes him play a

part in the legend of his son's wedding, which Sieg⁴ endeavours

to show is known to the Rigveda. [Footnote] 1) v. 64, 7. [Footnote] 2) xviii. 3, 15. [Footnote] 3) viii. 5, 9. [Footnote] 4) Die Sagenstoffe des Ṛgveda, 50 et seq.

Cf. Ludwig, Translation of the Rigveda,

3, 127; Oldenberg, Ṛgveda-Noten, 1, 354.

ARCANĀNAS . A muni born in the Ātreyagotra of the

dynasty of Atri. He desired to marry Rathavīti. But

her father had decided to give her in marriage only

to a Maharṣi, and, therefore Arcanānas became a

Maharṣi with the help of the Marutta and wedded

Rathavīti. Maharṣi Śyāvāśva was their son.