[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.s21.1023 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1023 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1023 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.1023](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1023) Pītha, ‘stool,’ does not occur as an uncompounded word before the Sūtras, but the compound pītha-sarpin (‘moving about in a little cart’) is found as the designation of a ‘cripple’ in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā (xxx. 21) and the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa (iii. 4, 17, 1) in the list of victims at the Puruṣamedha (‘human sacrifice’). - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.1022](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1022) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.1024](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1024) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Cites (3) - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.4.17.1) — Sanskrit - [Śuklayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.30.21) — Sanskrit - [Pāṇinīya Dhātupāṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.dhatu.other.paniniyadhatupatha) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1023](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1023) · Pramāṇa