[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.s17.1 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.1 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.1) Jhaṣa is mentioned in the story of Manu told in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,¹ where it means a ‘great fish’ (mahā-matsya) according to the commentator. Eggeling² suggests that a horned fish is meant, because in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā³ the Iḍā, or personified libation, is represented as a cow, and this may have brought in the idea of a horned fish in the later form of an old legend. But \*cf.\* Jaṣa. - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.380](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.380) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.2) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) ## Linked texts (2) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.1) · Pramāṇa