Vrishanashva
deity single tradition · 1
Vrishanashva is a king mentioned in the Rigveda and Brahmanas. Menaka is identified as his daughter in these texts.
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Rigveda, one of the oldest texts of the Vedic corpus.
Relationships
- parent of
- Menaka
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Menaka is not identified as an apsara but is mentioned instead as the daughter of a king named Vrishanashva. Although apsaras are attested in Vedic literature, there is no mythological narrative involving Menaka in these early texts”
#7977 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001