[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.s12.73 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.73 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.73 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.73) Khṛgala, or, as the Paippalāda recension of the Atharvaveda¹ has it, Khugila, is an obscure expression found in two passages only—once in the Rigveda,² and once in the Atharvaveda.¹ In the former the meaning ‘crutch’ seems required; in the latter Sāyaṇa glosses it by ‘armour’ (tanu-trāṇa), but the sense is quite uncertain. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.72) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.74) - [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.s12.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.73) · Pramāṇa