[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.s18.716 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.716 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.716 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.716](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.716) Dru-ghaṇa is found in the Mudgala hymn of the Rigveda¹ and in the Atharvaveda.² The sense is uncertain. Yāska³ renders it as a ‘ghana made of wood,’ probably, as Roth⁴ takes it, meaning a ‘club of wood.’ Geldner⁵ thinks that it was a wooden bull used by Mudgala as a substitute for a second bull when he wanted to join in a race. But this interpretation of the legend is very improbable.⁶ Whitney⁷ translates the word as ‘tree-smiter’ in the Atharvaveda, quoting Sāyaṇa, who explains it as a ‘cutting instrument,’ so called because trees are struck with it. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.715](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.715) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.717](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.717) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.716](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.716) · Pramāṇa