[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.s1.258 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.258 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.258 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.258) Āśum-ga in the Atharvaveda¹ seems to denote some sort of animal. It is qualified by the word ‘young’ (śiśuka), and Roth² suggests that it may mean a bird (‘swift-flying’), or that the expression denotes ‘a foal going to its dam’ (āśu-ga). Sāyaṇa, however, reads the accompanying word as śuśuka, which he assumes to denote an animal. Bloomfield³ renders the two words ‘a swift (āśumga) foal (śiśuka),’ thus agreeing with one of Roth’s suggestions in sense, though not in the explanation of Āśumga. - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.257) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.259) - [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.s1.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.258) · Pramāṇa