[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.s20.567 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.567 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.567 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.567](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.567) Ni-vid denotes a brief invocation of the deity that is invited in a liturgy in honour of the god. The Brāhmaṇas¹ repeatedly mention Nivids as inserted in the Śastras (recitations), and the Khilas of the Rigveda² preserve among them a set of Nivids. But it is doubtful³ whether the habit of using such brief formulas—the Nivid is usually not more than a Pada or quarter-verse in length—is known to the Rigveda, though it has been seen even there,⁴ and the word Nivid is several times found in that Saṃhitā,⁵ but hardly in the technical sense of the Brāhmaṇas. In the later Saṃhitās⁶ the technical sense is common. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.566](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.566) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.568](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.568) - [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.s20.567](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.567) · Pramāṇa