[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.s18.759 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.759 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.759 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.759](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.759) Dvāra-pa, ‘door-keeper,’ is only found in a metaphorical sense in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa (i. 30), where Viṣṇu is called the ‘doorkeeper’ of the gods, and in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad (iii. 13, 6). - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.758](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.758) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.760](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.760) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (2) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.3.13.6) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.1.30) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.759](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.759) · Pramāṇa