[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.s18.216 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.216 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.216 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.216) 2. Dāna (‘distribution’)¹ seems in several passages of the Rigveda² to be a designation of the sacrificial feast to which the god is invited (cf. δαίς, δαίτρη). In one passage³ Sāyaṇa thinks that it denotes the mada-jalāni, ‘drops of water falling from the temples of a rutting elephant,’⁴ but this is doubtful. In another passage⁵ Roth thinks that ‘pasture land’ is meant. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.215](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.215) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.217) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.216) · Pramāṇa