[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.s20.259 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.259 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.259 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.259) 2. Naḍa Naiṣadha is mentioned in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,¹ where he seems to be² a human king who is compared with Yama, the god of death, because of his conquests. Being there identified with the southern sacrificial fire, he was presumably a king of the south, just as Yama is connected with the south. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.258) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.260) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.259) · Pramāṇa