[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.s18.89 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.89 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.89 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.89) ¹ Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5, 13, 1; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 14, 15; Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā, xxiv. 3. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 93. The St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v., suggests ‘woodpiercer’ (dāru-vidha) as the literal sense. On the etymology, cf. F. W. Thomas's article, ‘The D-Suffix,’ p. 121, in Transactions of the Cambridge Philological Society, 5, part ii. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.88) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.90) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (3) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.5.5.13.1) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.3.14.15) — Sanskrit - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.24.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.89) · Pramāṇa