[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.s17.71 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.71 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.71 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.71) ¹ v. 24, 17; viii. 4, 76. It seems to mean literally ‘great father,’ and to be an analogical formation following pitāmaha; Delbrück, \*op. cit.\*, 473, 474. - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.70) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.72) - [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.5.24.17) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.71) · Pramāṇa