[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.s21.1012 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1012 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1012 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.1012](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1012) Piśita in the Atharvaveda¹ and later² denotes raw flesh (cf. Piśāca). In one passage of the Atharvaveda³ the sense seems to be ‘small piece,’ ‘bit,’ but the St. Petersburg Dictionary suggests that Piśita here stands for piṣita, equivalent to piṣṭa (what is ‘pounded,’ then ‘particle’). - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.1011](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1011) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.1013](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1013) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1012](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1012) · Pramāṇa