[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.s18.409 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.409 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.409 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.409](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.409) Divya, ‘ordeal,’ is a term not found until the later literature, but several references to the practice of ordeals have been seen in Vedic literature. The fire ordeal seen in the Atharvaveda¹ by Schlagintweit,² Weber,³ Ludwig,⁴ Zimmer,⁵ and others, has been disproved by Grill,⁶ Bloomfield,⁷ and Whitney.⁸ But such an ordeal appears in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa,⁹ and an ordeal with a glowing axe¹⁰ occurs in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad as applied in an accusation of theft. Geldner¹¹ suggests that this usage is referred to even in the Rigveda,¹² but this is most improbable.¹³ Ludwig¹⁴ and Griffith¹⁵ discover in another passage of the Rigveda¹⁶ references to Dīrghatamas’ having been subjected to the fire and water ordeals, but this view cannot be supported. According to Weber,¹⁷ the ‘balance’ ordeal is referred to in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,¹⁸ but see Tulā. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.408](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.408) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.410](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.410) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (5) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya) — Sanskrit - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.409](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.409) · Pramāṇa