[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.s21.60 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.60 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.60 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.60) Pañca-janāḥ, the ‘five peoples,’ are mentioned under various names in Vedic literature.¹ Who are meant by the five is very uncertain. The Aitareya Brāhmaṇa² explains the five to be gods, men, Gandharvas and Apsarases, snakes, and the Fathers. - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.59) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.61) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.31) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.60) · Pramāṇa