[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.s17.49 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.49 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.49 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.49) Takṣaka Vaiśāleya (‘descendant of Viśālā’) is a mythical figure, mentioned as the son of Virāj in the Atharvaveda,¹ and as Brāhmaṇacchamsin priest at the snake sacrifice in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.² 1. Takṣan, ‘carpenter,’ is mentioned in the Rigveda¹ and often later.² He was employed to do all sorts of work in wood, such as the making of chariots (Ratha) and wagons (Anas). Carved work of a finer type seems also to have fallen to his lot.³ The axe (kuliśa,⁴ paraśu⁵) is mentioned as one of his tools, and perhaps the Bhurij, a word which is, however, uncertain in sense. In one passage of the Rigveda⁶ reference seems to be made to the pains of the carpenter in bending over his work. That the carpenters were a low caste, or formed a separate class of the people, is certainly not true of Vedic times.⁷ - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.48) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.50) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.49) · Pramāṇa