[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.s12.430 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.430 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.430 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.430](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.430) Go-ṣṭha, ‘standing-place for cows,’ denotes not so much a ‘cowstall’ as the ‘grazing ground of cows,’ as Geldner¹ shows from a passage of the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa² and from a note of Mahīdhara on the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā.³ This sense suits adequately all the passages of the Rigveda⁴ where it occurs, and it greatly improves the interpretation of a hymn of the Atharvaveda,⁵ besides being acceptable elsewhere.⁶ See also Go. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.429](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.429) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.431](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.431) - [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.s12.430](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.430) · Pramāṇa