[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.s12.373 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.373 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.373 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.373](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.373) Go-dāna appears to mean ‘the whiskers’ in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,¹ where the person, being consecrated, first shaves off the right and then the left ‘whisker.’ Later on the Godāna-vidhi, or ceremony of shaving the head, is a regular part of the initiation of a youth on the attainment of manhood and on marriage;² but though the ceremony is recognized in the Atharvaveda,³ the name⁴ does not occur there. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.372](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.372) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.374](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.374) - [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.s12.373](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.373) · Pramāṇa