[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.s2.85 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.85 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.85 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.85) Ibhya occurs once in the Rigveda¹ in the plural, when a king is said to devour his Ibhyas as the fire the forest; and twice in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad,² in one passage as the first member of a compound, and in the other as either a proper name or an adjective. Roth,³ Ludwig,⁴ and Zimmer⁵ interpret the word as ‘retainers’ in the Rigveda, but in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad Roth thinks it means ‘rich.’ Pischel and Geldner⁶ accept the sense in all passages. Böhtlingk in his translation of the Chāndogya treats the word as simply a proper name, ‘Ibhya’s village’ (\*ibhya-grāma\*) and ‘Ibhya.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.84) - [Next: v1.c3.s2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.86) - [Up: v1.c3.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.1.10) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.65.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.85) · Pramāṇa