[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.s21.378 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.378 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.378 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.378](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.378) Paraśu in the Rigveda¹ and later² denotes the axe of the woodcutter. Of its form we know nothing. A red-hot axe was used in a form of ordeal (Divya) applied in accusations of theft.³ See also Parśu. - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.377](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.377) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.379](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.379) - [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.s21.378](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.378) · Pramāṇa