[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.c3.646 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.646 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.646 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.646](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.646) Alāyya is a word occurring in an obscure verse of the Rigveda,¹ and appearing to be a proper name. Hillebrandt,² however, amends the text so as to remove the name. The St. Petersburg Dictionary suggests that it refers to Indra. Pischel³ holds that it is the name of a person whose axe was stolen, and for whom the hymn was written as a spell for the recovery of the axe. - [Previous: v1.c3.645](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.645) - [Next: v1.c3.647](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.647) - [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.c3.646](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.646) · Pramāṇa