[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.c3.784 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.784 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.784 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.784](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.784) The marking of ears was apparently a regular practice. It is twice referred to in the Atharvaveda.⁶ The mark is termed \*lakṣman\*,⁷ and was made with a copper-knife⁸ (\*lohita\*). The Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā⁹ forbids the use of an arrow-shaft (\*tejana\*), or of iron, but permits that of a stem of sugar-cane (\*ikṣu-kāṇḍa\*) or copper. - [Previous: v1.c3.783](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.783) - [Next: v1.c3.785](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.785) - [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.c3.784](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.784) · Pramāṇa