[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.s17.484 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.484 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.484 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.484](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.484) ¹ x. 4, 24. Cf. St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v. Whitney, Translation of the Atharvaveda, 578, leaves the word untranslated. Bloomfield, Hymns of the Atharvaveda, 608, suggests that it is a fanciful name, ‘the piercer,’ since it is associated with ghṛtācī, ‘dripping with ghee,’ which is clearly such a word. - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.483](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.483) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.485](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.485) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.10.4.24) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.484](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.484) · Pramāṇa