[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.s21.15 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.15 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.15 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.15) Pakṣa is, in the Atharvaveda,¹ applied to some part of a house, either the ‘side posts,’ according to Roth,² Zimmer,³ and Grill,⁴ or ‘sides,’ as understood by Whitney⁵ and Bloomfield.⁶ The description of the roof (Chadis) in the Atharvaveda⁷ as catuṣ-pakṣa, ‘four-sided,’ tells in favour of the second explanation. In the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa⁸ Pakṣa is used of the sides of a chariot. For Pakṣa as the ‘half’ of a month, see Māsa. - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.14) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.16) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (2) - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.1.5.12.5) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.9.3.4) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.15) · Pramāṇa