[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.s20.534 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.534 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.534 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.534](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.534) Ni-nāhya denotes in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (iii. 9, 2, 8) a ‘water jar,’ so called, according to the commentator, because it was buried in the ground.¹ Eggeling² explains it as ‘a vessel or cistern dug into the ground for keeping water cool.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.533](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.533) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.535](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.535) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.9.2.8) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.534](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.534) · Pramāṇa