arcanānas अर्चनानस्
Definition: In one passage of the Rigveda the gods Mitra- Varuna are besought to protect Arcanānas. He is also invoked with Syāvāśva and several other ancestors enumerated in the Atharvaveda. He appears as father of śyāvāśva in the Pañcavimśa Brāhmana. The later tradition makes him play a part in the legend of his son’s wedding, which Sieg endeavours to show is known to the Rigveda.
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