[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.s2.124 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.124 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.124 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.124) Iṣu-dhi (‘arrow-holder’) is the name of the quiver which was carried by every bowman. The word is common from the Rigveda¹ onwards. No trace is to be found in Vedic literature of the later practice of carrying two quivers.² According to Pischel,³ the curious expression iṣu-kṛt in the Rigveda⁴ means quiver. - [Previous: v1.c3.s2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.123) - [Next: v1.c3.s2.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.125) - [Up: v1.c3.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2) ## Linked texts (3) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.13) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.33.3) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.2.33.2) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.124) · Pramāṇa