[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.s21.353 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.353 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.353 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.353) Padi is found in the Rigveda,¹ where, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, the word probably designates some kind of animal. Yāska² explains it as equivalent to \*gantu\*, ‘a moving creature,’ but Durga³ as meaning ‘bird.’ The passage may refer to catching the Padi in a net (? \*mukṣijā\*).⁴ - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.352) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.354](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.354) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.353) · Pramāṇa