[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.s12.28 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.28 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.28 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.28) Khanitrima, ‘produced by digging,’ as an epithet of āpaḥ, ‘waters,’ clearly refers to artificial water channels used for irrigation, as practised in the times of the Rigveda¹ and the Atharvaveda.² - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.27) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.29) - [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.s12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.28) · Pramāṇa