[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.s20.33 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.33 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.33 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.33) number; but 27 appears as their number in the list which is found in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā²² and elsewhere.²³ The number 28 is much less well attested: in one passage of the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa²⁴ Abhijit is practically marked as a new comer, though in a later book,²⁵ in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā,²⁶ and in the Atharvaveda list,²⁷ it has found acceptance. It is perfectly possible that 28 is the earlier number, and that Abhijit dropped out because it was faint, or too far north, or because 27 was a more mystic (3 × 3 × 3) number: it is significant that the Chinese Sieou and the Arabic Manāzil are 28 in number.²⁸ Weber,²⁹ however, believes that 27 is the older number in India. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.32) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.34) - [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.s20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.33) · Pramāṇa