[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.s1.92 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.92 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.92 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.92) Āti, an aquatic bird. The Apsarases in the legend of Purūravas and Urvaśī appear to him like Ātis, probably swans.¹ The birds appear also in the list of animals in the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’),² where Mahīdhara³ renders them as the later Ādi (\*Turdus ginginianus\*), and Sāyaṇa⁴ quotes a view, according to which the Āti was the Cāṣa, or blue jay (\*Coracias indica\*). - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.91) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.93) - [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.s1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.92) · Pramāṇa