Name signature

Source: TW

Still blows my mind that Virgil signed his name in the letters at the beginning and ends of the opening of the Aeneid and it was only found about ten years ago??

As an aside, could you name at least 2 vipra-s who encode their names in sUkta-s in the RV: not in the same way as Virgil here but comparably indirectly?

  1. RV 8.39 by Nabhāka Kaṇva
    Repetitive ending of the Ṛcaḥ with “…nabhantām anyake same”

  2. RV 10.21, 24 & 25 by Vimada - Repeated use of “…vi vo made”

These are both good examples. Even if a R^iShi names himself directly, he might still use an encoding for his name. Brief thread with e.g.s:

vishvAmitra (take this with the mitra dominance of v’mitra):

mitrAya pa~ncha yemire janA abhiShTishavase | sa devAn vishvAn bibharti ||

Here vishvAmitra like the original Virgil example codes his name in reverse.

vAmadeva gautama:

vAmaM-vAmaM ta Adure devo dadAtv aryamA |
vAmam pUShA vAmam bhago vAmaM devaH karULatI ||

This is the most dense patch of the word vAma in the whole RV.

hiraNyastUpa A~ngirasa:

See the 4th e.g., in this analysis: he overuses the word “hiraNya” signaling his own name (e.g. RV 1.35) and weaves it into the epithets of the god savitR^i who has special connection with golden.

bharadvAja bArhaspatya:

sa satpatiH shavasA hanti vR^itram agne vipro vi paNer bharti vAjam |
tvAm ILe adha dvitA bharato vAjibhiH shunam |

dAdhR^ivir bharadhyai | …avatha vAjasAtau | …svatavase bharadhvam

ashvA na yA vAjinA pUtabandhU R^itA yad garbham aditir bharadhyai

kakShIvAn (this is something we believe to be the case but a bit complex):

dakShiNAvatAm … dakShiNAvantaH pra tiranta AyuH ||…
anyas teShAm paridhir astu kash…

dIrghatamas auchAthya(?):

gavyaM yavyaM yanto dIrghAheShaM (~varam) aruNyo varanta ||
ya idaM dIrgham prayataM sadhastham eko vimame tribhir it padebhiH ||