[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.s16.253 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.253 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.253 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s16.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.253) Jāmbila, ‘hollow of the knee,’¹ occurs once in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā.² The word also occurs in the form of Jāmbila in the Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā³ and the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā.⁴ Mahīdhara, in his commentary on the latter text, interprets the word as ‘knee-pan,’ which he says is so named because of its resemblance to the citron, jāmbīra. - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.252](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.252) - [Next: v1.c3.s16.254](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.254) - [Up: v1.c3.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16) ## Linked texts (3) - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani) — Sanskrit - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.253) · Pramāṇa