m. N. of a sage (son of Atri by Anasūyā who favoured Arjuna Kārtavīrya), [MBh. iii], [xii f.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP. ix, 23, 23] (Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva propitiated by his penance became in portions of themselves severally his sons Soma, Datta, and Dur-vāsas; hence worshipped as representing the Triad), [VP. i, 10, 10]; [iv, 11, 3]; [MārkP. xvi ff.]; [BṛNārP. xxi]
N. of an author, [VP. iii, 9, 31], Sch.; [Ānand. 2] and [96], Sch.