[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.s20.395 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.395 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.395 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.395](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.395) Nātha in Vedic literature¹ appears only as a neuter meaning ‘protection,’ and is of rare occurrence.² Generally, too, very little appears in Vedic literature of practices such as those which produced Anglo-Saxon society or the Roman patronatus. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.394](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.394) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.396](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.396) - [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.s20.395](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.395) · Pramāṇa