[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.c3.258 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.258 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.258 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.257) - [Next: v1.c3.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.259) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.258) · Pramāṇa