[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.s20.582 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.582 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.582 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.582](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.582) Ni-ṣaṅgin is found three times in the Rigveda,¹ where, owing to its following in one passage² the words sudhanvāna iṣumanto, ‘having good bows and arrows,’ the sense of niṣaṅgiṇaḥ as ‘having quivers’ seems quite certain. In the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā³ it is taken by the commentator Mahīdhara to mean ‘having a sword,’ a sense which is quite possible both there and in the other passages⁴ where it occurs. But the word far more probably means ‘having a quiver,’ for the bow was the Vedic weapon, not the sword (Asi). - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.581](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.581) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.583](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.583) - [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.s20.582](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.582) · Pramāṇa