[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.s21.1113 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1113 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1113 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.1113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1113) Purīkaya is the name of a water animal in the Atharvaveda,¹ being clearly a variant of the name that appears as Pulikaya in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā,² and as Kulipaya in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā,³ and as Kulikaya in the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa.⁴ What animal is meant is quite unknown. - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.1112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1112) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.1114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1114) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Cites (4) - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani) — Sanskrit - [Śuklayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1113) · Pramāṇa