[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.s11.48 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.48 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.48 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.48) Kaṅkata is the name of an animal mentioned once in the Rigveda.¹ According to Sāyaṇa it is a destructive beast; perhaps, as Grassmann renders it, a ‘scorpion.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.47) - [Next: v1.c3.s11.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.49) - [Up: v1.c3.s11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.48) · Pramāṇa