[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.s21.630 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.630 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.630 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.630](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.630) Pavi denotes the ‘tire’ of the wheel of a chariot in the Rigveda¹ and later.² Reference is made³ to the necessity for fastening it on firmly, and the epithet su-pavi, ‘having a good tire,’ is found in the Atharvaveda⁴ with su-nābhi, ‘having a good nave,’ and su-cakra, ‘having a good wheel.’ The tires were, of course, of metal,⁵ and being sharp,⁶ could serve on occasion as weapons.⁷ The St. Petersburg Dictionary in one passage of the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā⁸ takes Pavi to mean a metal rim on the stone for pounding Soma, but this seems improbable, because no such metal attachment is elsewhere alluded to. Hillebrandt⁹ seems clearly right in accepting the sense of ‘sharp edge’ in this passage, especially as the stones in the Rigveda¹⁰ are, in allusion to their rolling action, styled ‘rims without horses and without chariots’ (\*anaśvāsaḥ pavayo ’rathāḥ\*). - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.629](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.629) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.631](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.631) - [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.s21.630](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.630) · Pramāṇa