[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.c3.74 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.74 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.74 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.74) Akṣu.—The word occurs in two passages of the Atharvaveda¹ and one of the Rigveda.² Roth³ renders it by ‘net,’ while Böhtlingk⁴ suggests ‘axle of a car.’ Geldner⁵ sees in it a stake or pole used with a fishermen’s net (Jāla),⁶ the pole of a wagon,⁷ and the pole of a house, whether vertical or horizontal, he leaves uncertain (see Vamśa).⁸ Bloomfield⁹ takes it as a covering of wickerwork stretched across a beam and sloping down to both sides—like a thatched roof, and this best explains the epithet ‘thousand-eyed’ (i.e., with countless holes) ascribed to it. In the other Atharvaveda passage¹⁰ he accepts the sense ‘net,’ and doubts if the word in the Rigveda is not an adjective (a-kṣu) as it is taken by Sāyaṇa. See also Gṛha. - [Previous: v1.c3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.73) - [Next: v1.c3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.75) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.74) · Pramāṇa