[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.s17.444 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.444 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.444 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.444](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.444) Tejana denotes in the Rigveda¹ a rod or staff of reed used for measuring a field. In the Atharvaveda the sense of ‘bamboo’ is found twice,² the bamboo being specified in the second passage as ‘of the spring’ (\*vāsantika\*); more particularly it denotes the shaft of an arrow,³ a sense often found in later Vedic texts.⁴ - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.443](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.443) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.445](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.445) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.444](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.444) · Pramāṇa