[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.s1.76 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.76 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.76 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.76) Āṇi.—This word, which is found in the Rigveda,¹ but rarely later,² appears to be best taken with Roth³ and Zimmer⁴ as denoting the part of the axle of the chariot which is inserted into the nave of the wheel. Sāyaṇa renders it as lynch-pin, and this sense is accepted by Leumann,⁵ being apparently also found in the Nirukta.⁶ In one place in the Rigveda⁷ the word appears by synecdoche to denote the whole chariot, but the passage is, according to Geldner,⁸ completely obscure. - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.75) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.77) - [Up: v1.c3.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.76) · Pramāṇa