[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.s20.327 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.327 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.327 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.327](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.327) Nava-nīta, ‘fresh butter,’ is mentioned frequently in the later Saṃhitās¹ and the Brāhmaṇas.² According to the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa³ this is the kind of butter which is fitted for anointing an embryo (\*garbha\*), while the gods receive Ājya, men fragrant ghee (Ghṛta), and the fathers Āyuta. Elsewhere⁴ it is contrasted with Ghṛta and Sarpis. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.326](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.326) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.328](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.328) - [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.s20.327](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.327) · Pramāṇa