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Divodāsa
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Divodasa.
Divodāsa Atithigva, was an Indo-Aryan, king of the Bharatas during the main or middle Rigvedic period (celebrated for his liberality and protected by Indra and the Ashvins in the Rigveda, RV 1.112.14; 1.116.18), the son of VadhryaśvaRV 6.61.5. Further, the Mandala 9 of Rigveda mentions Divodasa thus: "[Indra] Smote swiftly forts, and Sambara, then Yadu and that Turvasha, for pious Divodasa's sake." RV 9.61.2.