[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.s2.92 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.92 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s2.92 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.92) Iriṇa (neut.) occurs not rarely in the later Saṃhitās¹ and Brāhmaṇas² in the sense of ‘a cleft in the ground,’ usually natural (\*sva-kṛta\*). The same meaning is also, as Pischel³ shows, to be ascribed to it in three passages of the Rigveda,⁴ in one⁵ of which the hole is referred to as ‘made by water’ (\*apā kṛtam\*). In another passage of the Rigveda⁶ the word refers to the place on which the dice are thrown. Hence Pischel⁷ concludes that the dicing-board must have been so called because it contained holes into which the dice had to be thrown if possible. Lüders⁸ however, points out that this assumption is not necessary; the dice (Akṣa) were merely thrown on a space dug out, which could be called Iriṇa, as being a hole in the ground, though not a natural one. This view is supported by the commentary of Sāyaṇa,⁹ as well as by Durga in his note on the Nirukta.¹⁰ - [Previous: v1.c3.s2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.91) - [Next: v1.c3.s2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.93) - [Up: v1.c3.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2) ## Linked texts (6) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.2.5.1.3) — Sanskrit - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.9.16) — Sanskrit - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.8) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.186.9) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.4.15.12) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.2.3.2) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.92) · Pramāṇa