[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.s18.732 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.732 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.732 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.732](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.732) Dru-han, ‘wood-cutter,’ seems to be meant by the word druhantara in the Rigveda,¹ where it is usually taken as druham-tara, ‘fiend-overpowering.’ But as an epithet of paraśu, ‘axe,’ the other sense (‘mighty wood-cutter’)² is more probable.³ - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.731](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.731) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.733](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.733) - [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.s18.732](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.732) · Pramāṇa