[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.s18.466 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.466 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.466 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.466](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.466) Dīrghāraṇya, ‘wide tract of forest,’ in the Aitareya¹ and Śatapatha² Brāhmaṇas refers to the extensive jungles which must clearly then have covered Northern India. In one of the Aitareya passages³ it is said that in the east the villages are close together and frequent, while in the west there are forests. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.465](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.465) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.467](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.467) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (2) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, 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.s18.466](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.466) · Pramāṇa