[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.s12.106 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.106 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.106 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.106) Gabhasti denotes, according to Roth,¹ the pole of a chariot in the epithet syūma-gabhasti, ‘having reins as a pole,’ used of the car of the gods in the Rigveda,² and independently in the plural in the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa.³ The meaning is, however, doubtful.⁴ Roth⁵ himself suggests that syūma-gabhasti may refer to a sort of double reins. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.105) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.107](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.107) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.106) · Pramāṇa