[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.s12.6 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.6 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.6 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.6) Khaḍga is the reading in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā¹ of the name of an animal which, in the text of the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā,² variously appears as Khaṅga and Khaḍga. The rhinoceros seems clearly to be meant.³ In the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra⁴ a rhinoceros hide is mentioned as the covering of a chariot. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.5) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.7) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) ## Linked texts (3) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.14.33) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.3.14.21) — Sanskrit - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.24.40) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.6) · Pramāṇa