[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.s20.682 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.682 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.682 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.682](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.682) Nai-dāna is a term applied in the Nirukta¹ to a class of Vedic interpreters. Roth² takes the Naidānas to be ‘etymologists,’ but Sieg³ thinks they are the same as the Aitihāsikas or ‘legendarists.’⁴ - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.681](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.681) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.683](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.683) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.9) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.682](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.682) · Pramāṇa