[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.s20.1 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.1 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v1.c3.s19.308](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.308) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.2) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.1) · Pramāṇa