[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.s17.106 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.106 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.106 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.106) Tarku, ‘spindle,’ is known only in Vedic literature from the mention of it in Yāska’s Nirukta (ii. 1) as an example of the transposition of letters, the word being derived, according to him, from the root kart, ‘to spin.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.105) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.107](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.107) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.106) · Pramāṇa