[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.s17.151 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.151 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.151 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.151) In the Śatarudriya litany of the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā¹⁷ Rudra is called lord of assailers (\*ā-vyādhin\*), thieves (\*stena\*), robbers (\*taskara\*), pickpockets (\*stāyu\*), stealers (\*muṣṇant\*), and cutters (\*vi-kṛnta\*); and designations of sharpers (\*gṛtsa\*) and bands (\*gaṇa, vrāta\*), apparently of robbers, are mentioned.¹⁸ It is therefore not surprising that the Rigveda¹⁹ should contain many prayers for safety at home or on the way, or that the Atharvaveda should devote several hymns to night²⁰ chiefly for protection against the evil doings of thieves and robbers. - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.150) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.152) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.151) · Pramāṇa