[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.s12.131 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.131 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.131 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.131) Garta in the Rigveda¹ primarily denotes the seat of the chariot on which the archer sat. It seems to have been of considerable size, being described as bṛhant,² ‘large.’ The word then comes to denote the chariot³ itself, either really or metaphorically.⁴ - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.130) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.132) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.6.20.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.131) · Pramāṇa