[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.s20.596 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.596 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.596 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.596) Niṣka is frequently found in the Rigveda¹ and later² denoting a gold ornament worn on the neck, as is shown by the two epithets \*niṣka-kaṇṭha\*³ and \*niṣka-grīva\*,⁴ ‘having a gold ornament on the neck.’ A Niṣka of silver is mentioned in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.⁵ As early as the Rigveda⁶ traces are seen of the use of Niṣkas as a sort of currency, for a singer celebrates the receipt of a hundred Niṣkas and a hundred steeds: he could hardly require the Niṣkas merely for purposes of personal adornment. Later the use of Niṣkas as currency is quite clear.⁷ Cf. also Kṛṣṇala. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.595](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.595) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.597](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.597) - [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.s20.596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.596) · Pramāṇa