[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.s20.466 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.466 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.466 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.466](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.466) The term Nārāśaṃsī is restricted in some passages⁷ to a particular group of three verses of the Atharvaveda,⁸ but Oldenberg⁹ must be right in holding that the restricted sense is not to be read into the Rigveda.¹⁰ Not even in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā¹¹ is the technical sense certain, and the Bṛhaddevatā¹² gives the word a general application. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.465](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.465) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.467](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.467) - [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.s20.466](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.466) · Pramāṇa