[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.s20.494 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.494 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.494 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.494](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.494) Nāva-prabhraṃśana, the ‘sliding down of the ship,’ is read in Whitney and Roth’s text of the Atharvaveda,¹ and has been connected by Weber² and others³ with Manor Avasarpaṇa, the name in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa⁴ of the northern mountain on which Manu’s ship settled on the subsidence of the deluge. But both Bloomfield⁵ and Whitney⁶ point out that this interpretation is highly improbable, and this view is accepted by Macdonell.⁷ The expression is analyzed as \*na ava-prabhraṃśana\* by the Pada text and the commentator alike, and is never found elsewhere with reference to the descent of a boat or ship.⁸ - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.493](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.493) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.495](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.495) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (2) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.19.39.8) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.8.1.6) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.494](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.494) · Pramāṇa