[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.152 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.152 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.152 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.152) Aṅka.—The Taittirīya Saṃhitā¹ and Brāhmaṇa² refer to two Aṅkas and two Nyaṅkas as parts of a chariot. The meaning of these terms is quite obscure. The commentators refer them to the sides or wheels. Zimmer³ compares the Greek \*ἄντυγες\*⁴ and thinks that the Aṅkau were the upper border of the body of the chariot (\*kośa, vandhura\*), and the Nyaṅkau the lower rims for greater security. Oldenberg⁵ confesses that the exact sense is impossible to make out, but considers that the terms at once refer to parts of the chariot and to divinities, while Böhtlingk⁶ takes the term as referring to divinities alone. - [Previous: v1.c3.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.151) - [Next: v1.c3.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.153) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.152) · Pramāṇa