[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.s1.207 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.207 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.207 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.207) Ārtnī denotes the end of the bow to which the bow-string (\*jyā\*) was attached.¹ The string was not normally kept fastened to both ends of the bow, but when an arrow was to be shot it was strung taut.² On the other hand, the legend of the death of Viṣṇu, told in the later Saṃhitās³ and Brāhmaṇas,⁴ expressly contemplates his leaning on his strung bow, which cleaves his head by the sudden springing apart of the two ends when the bow-string is gnawed through. - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.206) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.208) - [Up: v1.c3.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.207) · Pramāṇa