[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.s19.193 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.193 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.193 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s19.193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.193) Dhur in the Rigveda¹ and later² denotes, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, that part of the yoke which is placed on the shoulders of the animals drawing the chariot or cart, whence they are called \*dhūr-ṣāḥ\*, ‘yoke-bearing,’ in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā.³ In one passage of the Rigveda⁴ the sense is uncertain: Roth⁵ takes it to mean the pin at either end of the axle (\*Akṣa\*) which goes through the nave of the wheel, and would thus be equivalent to Aṇi, and Oldenberg⁶ seems to adopt the same view. Monier Williams⁷ seems to think that ‘load’ is meant, but this is not probable. It is possible that Dhur has the sense of ‘pole,’⁸ and then more generally still the pole and the axle together regarded as the drawing part of the chariot: this might explain the use in the doubtful passage of the Rigveda. - [Previous: v1.c3.s19.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.192) - [Next: v1.c3.s19.194](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.194) - [Up: v1.c3.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.193) · Pramāṇa