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देवकमान्यमान (devakamAnyamAna)

 
Vedic Reference
English
Devaka Mānyamāna (‘descendant of Manyamāna’) appears
in the Rigveda^1 as an opponent of the Tṛtsus, and as connected
with Śambara. Possibly, however, as Grassmann suggests,
the words should be understood as denoting Śambara, ‘who
deemed himself a god, devaka being used contemptuously.^2
1) vii. 18, 20 (devakaṃ cin mānya-
mānam).
2) Cf. Rv. ii. 11. 2 (amartyaṃ cid dāsam
manyamānam).
Cf. Ludwig, Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 173.