[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.c3.546 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.546 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.546 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.546](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.546) Ayogū is a word of quite doubtful meaning, found in the list of victims in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā.¹ It may, like the late ayogava, denote a member of a mixed caste (theoretically a descendant of a Śūdra by a Vaiśya wife).² Weber³ rendered it as ‘unchaste woman.’⁴ Zimmer thinks it denotes a brotherless maiden who is exposed to the dangers of prostitution (cf. ayogava). - [Previous: v1.c3.545](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.545) - [Next: v1.c3.547](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.547) - [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.c3.546](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.546) · Pramāṇa