Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.258

v1.c3.258

2. Atka.—In two passages of the Rigveda¹ this word is regarded as a proper name by Roth, Grassmann, and Ludwig. But Zimmer² explains it in these passages as the ‘armour of a warrior as a whole,’ and Pischel³ thinks that in both cases an ‘axe’ is meant.