[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.s20.263 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.263 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.263 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.263) Naḍa is found in several passages of the Rigveda,¹ but its sense is still obscure. It is identified by Pischel² with Naḍa, being explained by him in one passage³ as a reed boat, which is split, and over which the waters go; in another⁴ as a reed whip, of which the sharp points (\*karṇa\*) are used to urge horses on; and in others⁵ again as figuratively designating the penis. Roth⁶ takes the sense to be ‘bull’ (either literally or metaphorically) in all passages. Once at least⁷ the ‘neigher’ (from the root \*nad\*, ‘sound’) seems to be meant with reference to Indra’s horse. In the phrase \*nadasya karṇaiḥ\*⁸ the sense is, perhaps, ‘through the ears of the (side) horse’ (that is, by their being ready to hear the word of command) of their chariot, the Maruts ‘hasten on with their swift steeds’ (\*turayanta āśubhiḥ\*). - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.262) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.264](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.264) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.263) · Pramāṇa