[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.s2.17 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.17 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.17 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.17) 2. Iṭa appears as a Ṛṣi and a protégé of Indra in one hymn of the Rigveda.¹ Roth,² however, thinks that the word is really part of a verb (it) meaning ‘to err, wander’ (cp. aṭ), and that the name is a mere misunderstanding. It is already so regarded in the Anukramaṇī, but not apparently in the Bṛhaddevatā.³ - [Previous: v1.c3.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.16) - [Next: v1.c3.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.18) - [Up: v1.c3.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.171.1) — Sanskrit - [Bṛhaddevatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata) — Śaunaka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.17) · Pramāṇa