[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.s14.16 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.16 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.16 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.16) Cakra-vāka is the name, apparently derived from the nature of its cry, of a species of gander (Anas casarca), the modern Chakwā, as it is called in Hindi, or Brahmany duck in English.¹ It is mentioned in the Rigveda² and in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha, or horse sacrifice, in the Yajurveda,³ while in the Atharvaveda⁴ it already appears as the type of conjugal fidelity, its characteristic in the classical literature. - [Previous: v1.c3.s14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.15) - [Next: v1.c3.s14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.17) - [Up: v1.c3.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.2.39.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.16) · Pramāṇa