[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.s11.9 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.9 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.9 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.9) Kakuha, a word occurring several times in the Rigveda,¹ is understood by Roth² to designate part of a chariot, perhaps the seat. Ludwig,³ again, regards it in one passage⁴ as the proper name of a Yādava prince who took spoil from Tirindira, the Parśu, but this view is hardly probable.⁵ It is, on the whole, most likely that the word always means ‘chief,’ ‘pre-eminent,’ being applied as an epithet to horses, chariots, princes, etc.⁶ This is the only sense given by Grassmann,⁷ and later adopted by Roth.⁸ - [Previous: v1.c3.s11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.8) - [Next: v1.c3.s11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.10) - [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.1.46.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.9) · Pramāṇa