pṛ́thī m. (nom. °thī dat. °thyai or °thaye gen. °thyās) N. of a mythical personage with the patr. Vainya (said to have been the first anointed sovereign of men, to have ruled also the lower animals, and to have introduced the arts of husbandry into the world; he is enumerated among the Ṛṣis and said to be the author of [RV. x, 148]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] (cf. pṛthi, pṛthu; pārtha).