[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.s19.255 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.255 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.255 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s19.255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.255) Dhmātṛ (lit. ‘blower’) occurs twice in one passage of the Rigveda¹ in the two forms, \*dhmātā\*, nom. ‘smelter,’ and \*dhmātari\*, which, according to the Padapāṭha, stands for \*dhmātari\*, a locative probably meaning ‘in the smelting furnace.’² Geldner,³ Bartholomae,⁴ and Oldenburg⁵ regard the latter form as a locative infinitive, ‘in the smelting.’ Ludwig⁶ and Neisser⁷ think \*dhmātari\* is a nom. sing. masc. used in the same sense as \*dhmātā\*. Smelting is also clearly referred to,⁸ and the smelter is described as using the wings of birds (\*parṇa śakunānām\*) to fan the flame.⁹ That the art was widely applied is shown by the fact that reference is made to arrows with points of Ayas,¹⁰ to kettles which were fashioned of the same metal and could be placed upon a fire,¹¹ and to Soma cups of beaten Ayas.¹² - [Previous: v1.c3.s19.254](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.254) - [Next: v1.c3.s19.256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.256) - [Up: v1.c3.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.255) · Pramāṇa