[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.s2.104 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.104 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.104 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s2.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.104) Iṣīkā, ‘a stalk of reed grass,’ occurs frequently from the Atharvaveda¹ onwards, often as an emblem of fragility. In the Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka² it seems to denote the pin fixed in the bar of a pen to keep cattle in (argaleṣīke, ‘bolt and pin’). A basket (śūrpa) of Iṣīkā is referred to in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.³ - [Previous: v1.c3.s2.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.103) - [Next: v1.c3.s2.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.105) - [Up: v1.c3.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2) ## Linked texts (7) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.5.24.3) — Sanskrit - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.8) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.16) — Sanskrit - [Kaṭhopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.6) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.7.56.4) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.4.16) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit - [Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.104) · Pramāṇa