[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.s20.398 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.398 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.398 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.398](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.398) Nāpita, ‘barber,’ is mentioned in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ and later.² But the older word is Vaptr,³ a derivative of vap, ‘shave,’ with forms of which verb shaving is referred to as early as the Rigveda.⁴ The dead were shaved before burial.⁵ - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.397](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.397) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.399](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.399) - [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.s20.398](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.398) · Pramāṇa