[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.s17.588 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.588 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.588 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.588](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.588) Tvaṣṭṛ is employed once in the Atharvaveda¹ to denote a ‘carpenter,’ with a deliberate play on the name of the god Tvaṣṭṛ. He is there mentioned as using an axe (svadhiti) to fashion (from wood) ‘a well-made form’ (rūpaṃ sukṛtam). See Taṣṭṛ. - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.587](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.587) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.589](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.589) - [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.12.3.33) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.588](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.588) · Pramāṇa