[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.s1.218 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.218 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.218 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.218) The word Ārya (fem. Āryā or Ārī) also occurs frequently used as an adjective to describe the Āryan classes (viśaḥ),⁶ or name (nāman),⁷ or caste (varṇa),⁸ or dwellings (dhāman);⁹ or again reference is made to the Āryan supremacy (vrata)¹⁰ being extended over the land. Āryan foes (vṛtra)¹¹ are referred to beside Dāsa foes, and there are many¹² references to war of Āryan versus Āryan, as well as to war of Āryan against Dāsa. From this it can be fairly deduced that even by the time of the Rigveda the Āryan communities had advanced far beyond the stage of simple conquest of the aborigines. In the later Saṃhitās and Brāhmaṇas the wars alluded to seem mainly Āryan wars, no doubt in consequence of the fusion of Ārya and Dāsa into one community. - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.217) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.219](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.219) - [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.s1.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.218) · Pramāṇa