[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.s20.726 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.726 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.726 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.726](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.726) Nyaṅku is the name of an animal in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha, or ‘horse sacrifice,’ in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās.¹ It seems clear that a kind a ‘gazelle’ is meant, but the commentary on the Taittirīya Saṃhitā¹ suggests ‘bear’ (ṛkṣa) as a variant rendering. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.725](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.725) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.727](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.727) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (6) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.5.5.17.1) — Sanskrit - [Nidānasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.nidana.1.2) — Patañjali (grammarian), Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.3.14.9) — Sanskrit - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.24.27) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedaprātiśākhya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.siksa.pratisakhya.rg) — Śaunaka, Sanskrit - [Chandas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.726](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.726) · Pramāṇa