[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.s19.182 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.182 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.182 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s19.182](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.182) Dhīvan occurs in the Atharvaveda,¹ where it may either be taken with Roth,² Bloomfield,³ and Whitney⁴ as an epithet of ‘chariot-builders’ (\*ratha-kārāḥ\*), meaning ‘clever,’ or be construed with the scholiast as denoting ‘fishermen’ (\*dhīvara\*). The Paippalāda recension has \*takṣāṇaḥ\*, ‘carpenters.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s19.181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.181) - [Next: v1.c3.s19.183](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.183) - [Up: v1.c3.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.182](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.182) · Pramāṇa