Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.1

v1.c3.s20.1

Nakula, ‘ichneumon,’ is mentioned in the Atharvaveda¹ as being able to cut a snake in two and then join it up again. Its knowledge² of a remedy against snake poison is also mentioned. The animal figures in the list of sacrificial victims at the Aśvamedha, or ‘horse sacrifice,’ in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās.³