[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.s20.691 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.691 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.691 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.691](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.691) Naimiśīya,¹ Naimiśīya² denotes the dwellers in the Naimiśa forest. They are mentioned in the Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā² and the Brāhmaṇas,² being clearly of special sanctity. Hence in the Epic the Mahābhārata is said to have been recited to the Ṛṣis dwelling in the Naimiśa forest.³ - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.690](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.690) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.692](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.692) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (5) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.5) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.10.6) — Sanskrit - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.1.2.13) — Sanskrit - [Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya) — Sanskrit - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.691](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.691) · Pramāṇa