[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.s11.421 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.421 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.421 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s11.421](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.421) Kīkaṭa.—The name of this people occurs only in one passage of the Rigveda, where they appear as hostile to the singer and as under the leadership of Pramaganda. Yāska² declares that Kīkaṭa was the name of a non-Āryan country, and later³ Kīkaṭa is given as a synonym of Magadha. Hence Zimmer⁴ concludes that the Kīkaṭas were a non-Āryan people living in the country later known as Magadha. Weber⁵ holds that this people were located in Magadha, but were Āryan, though at variance with other Āryan tribes, perhaps because of heretical tendencies, for Magadha was later a seat of Buddhism. But the identification is uncertain, and is doubted by Oldenberg⁶ and Hillebrandt.⁷ - [Previous: v1.c3.s11.420](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.420) - [Next: v1.c3.s11.422](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.422) - [Up: v1.c3.s11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.421](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.421) · Pramāṇa