[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.s17.221 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.221 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.221 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.221](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.221) ⁵ In Khila, ii. 4, 1, Tārkṣya is represented as a bird (\*vāyasa\*), also a symbol of the sun. In the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xv. 18, he is mentioned with Ariṣṭanemi, originally an epithet of his (Rv. i. 89, 6; x. 178, 1), as a person, and in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 4, 3, 13, he appears as Vaipaśyata (Vaipaścita in Āśvalāyana Śrauta Sūtra, x. 7), king of the birds (\*cf.\* Eggeling, \*Sacred Books of the East\*, 44, 369). - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.220](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.220) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.222](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.222) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) ## Linked texts (3) - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.15.18) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.13.4.3.13) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit - [Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.asvalayana) — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.221](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.221) · Pramāṇa