[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.s20.414 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.414 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.414 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.414](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.414) Nābhānediṣṭha is etymologically connected in all probability with Nabānazdiṣṭa in the Avesta, which refers to the Fravaṣi of the paoiryō-ṭkaēsha and the Fravaṣi of the Nabānazdiṣṭa. Lassen⁵ saw in the legend a reminiscence of an Indo-Iranian split; but Roth⁶ showed conclusively that this was impossible, and that Nābhānediṣṭha meant simply ‘nearest in birth,’ and Weber⁷ admits that the connexion of the words is not one of borrowing on either side, but that in the Avesta it has kept its original sense of ‘nearest relation,’ while in the Rigveda it has become a proper name. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.413](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.413) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.415](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.415) - [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.s20.414](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.414) · Pramāṇa