[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.c3.399 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.399 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.399 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.399](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.399) Apa-skambha.—The word occurs only in one passage of the Atharvaveda, where the tip of it is mentioned as poisoned. Roth¹ suggests that the fastening of the arrow-point to the shaft is meant. Whitney² inclines to this version, but suggests corruption of text. Zimmer³ follows Roth. Ludwig⁴ renders the word by ‘barb.’ Bloomfield⁵ thinks it means ‘tearing (arrow),’ a sense deduced from the etymology. - [Previous: v1.c3.398](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.398) - [Next: v1.c3.400](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.400) - [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.c3.399](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.399) · Pramāṇa