[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.s21.1118 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1118 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1118 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.1118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1118) Purīṣiṇī is found in a hymn of the Rigveda¹ apparently either as the name of a river,² or much more probably as an epithet of the Sarayu,³ meaning, perhaps, ‘abounding in water,’ ‘swollen,’⁴ or ‘carrying rubble.’⁵ - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.1117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1117) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.1119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1119) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1118) · Pramāṇa