Navagvas
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Navagva · Navagva clans · the Navagva friends
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Rigveda
Ancient clan/group of sacrificers allied with Indra against his enemies.
the Navagva clans went over to the opposite side.
Where as a friend, with the Navagva friends, the knowers followed the cows with the warriors — truly then Indra, together with the ten Daśagvas, found the sun dwelling in darkness.
I set the sun-winning prayer in the waters, by which the Navagvas crossed over in ten months.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Ancient class of sacrificers counted among the venerated Fathers.
The Aṅgiras are our Fathers, the Navagvas, the Atharvans, the Bhṛgus, who belong to Soma.
Those who are of Atri and Aṅgiras, the Navagvas, eager sacrificers, bearing the gift-bestowing, possessed of sacrificial fees, well-doers — be seated on this sacred grass and rejoice.