[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.s11.44 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.44 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.44 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.44) Kaṅka is the name of a bird, usually taken to mean ‘heron,’¹ but, at any rate in some passages, rather denoting some bird of prey.² It first appears in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās.³ - [Previous: v1.c3.s11.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.43) - [Next: v1.c3.s11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.45) - [Up: v1.c3.s11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11) ## Cites (1) - [Yajurveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.other.yajurveda) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.44) · Pramāṇa