[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.s20.234 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.234 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.234 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.234](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.234) Nakṣatra-darśa (‘gazer at the lunar mansions’), an ‘astrologer,’ is mentioned in the list of victims at the Puruṣamedha, or ‘human sacrifice,’ in the Yajurveda.¹ A notice in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa² indicates that that work regarded the practice of choosing a particular Nakṣatra under which to set up the sacrificial fires as an idle one, because it decides in favour of choosing the sun as one's Nakṣatra. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.233](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.233) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.235) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.234](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.234) · Pramāṇa