Kaṇva
mythological figure · 4 works · 14 mentions · 17 anchored passages
Kāṇva · Kanva · Kaṇvas · son of Kāṇva · the devout Kāṇva
in the texts
Rigveda
Legendary figure named as a beneficiary of the Asvins' (or another god's) aid.
with those aids by which you helped Kaṇva who was striving forward — O Aśvins, come with those aids.
You gave the bright one to dark Śyāva, O Aśvins, and the great earthy one to Kaṇva.
And you, delighting in fair praise, restored sight to Kaṇva who had been robbed of it.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Ancient Vedic seer cited as mythic precedent for a worm-slaying rite.
as Kaṇva did, as Jamadagni did.
who protect Kakṣīvat and also Kaṇva — release us from sin.
The herb that the Atris, the Āṅgirasas, and the Gotamas have known — with that herb Bharadvāja and Kaṇva destroy the viśara for you.
Sāmaveda
Vedic sage (ṛṣi) associated with a lineage of hymn-composers.
Come, O Indra, with your bay steeds, to the excellent praise of Kaṇva.
Among the Kaṇvas, come along and drink well.
With my ancient birth I beautify the songs as Kaṇva did, by which Indra fixed his vigour.
Vīramitrodaya
Authority cited on the rule for combining an interrupted navaśrāddha with the next.
Kāṇva, however, says that if any *navaśrāddha* is interrupted, it should be performed together with the succeeding one: