[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.s20.560 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.560 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.560 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.560](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.560) Nivānya-vatsā and Nivānyā in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ denotes a ‘cow with a calf to which she has to be won over,’ that is, with a calf substituted for one of her own which has died. Nivānyā² is a contracted form of the compound term. Similar expressions are \*abhivānya-vatsā\*,³ \*abhivānyā\*,⁴ \*vānyā\*,⁵ and \*api-vānya-vatsā\*.⁶ - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.559](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.559) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.561](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.561) - [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.s20.560](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.560) · Pramāṇa