[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.s17.531 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.531 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.531 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.531](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.531) Tri-pura, ‘a threefold stronghold,’ is alluded to in the Brāhmaṇas¹ as a secure protection. But as the passages are mythical no stress can be laid on them as evidence for the existence of forts with three concentric walls. - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.530](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.530) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.532](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.532) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) ## Linked texts (5) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.6.2.3) — Sanskrit - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.24.10) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.2.11) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.3.3.25) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.531](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.531) · Pramāṇa