[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.2163 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2163 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2163 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2163) VYĀHRITIS. Three mystical words said by Manu to have been milked from the Vedas by Prajāpati—the word \*bhūr\*, from the \*Rig-veda\*; the word \*bhuvah\*, from the \*Yajur-veda\*; and the word \*swar\*, from the \*Sāma-veda\* (\*Manu\*, ii. 76). The \*Satapatha Brāhmana\* defines them as “three luminous essences” which Prajāpati produced from the Vedas by heating them. - [Previous: c5.2162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2162) - [Next: c5.2164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2164) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (5) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yajurveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.other.yajurveda) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Sāmavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2163) · Pramāṇa