[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.s17.489 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.489 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.489 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.489](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.489) Trapu denotes ‘tin’ in the Atharvaveda¹ and later.² Its quality of being easily smelted, which Roth³ thinks is indicated by the name (as derived from the root trap, ‘be ashamed’), is clearly alluded to in the Atharvaveda passage. - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.488](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.488) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.490](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.490) - [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) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.489](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.489) · Pramāṇa