[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.s1.51 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.51 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.51 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.51) The swift steeds (vājin, atya) used for the races were often washed and adorned.¹⁵ According to Pischel¹⁶ the name of one swift mare is preserved—viz., Viśpalā,¹⁷ whose broken leg was replaced by the Aśvins in a race; but the interpretation is very doubtful. Geldner¹⁸ has also found a comic picture of a horse-chariot race in the Mudgala hymn in the Rigveda, but Bloomfield¹⁹ has shown that that interpretation is unsound. Pischel²⁰ also seeks to show that races were run in honour of gods, but the evidence for the theory is inadequate.²¹ - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.50) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.52) - [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.s1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.51) · Pramāṇa