[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.s21.675 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.675 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.675 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.675](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.675) 1. Paṣṭha-vāh occurs in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās¹ meaning an ox, four years old, according to the commentators. This qualification is, however, very doubtful, for Paṣṭhauhī, ‘cow,’ a word occurring quite frequently,² is in one passage³ accompanied by the adjective \*prathama-garbhāḥ\*, ‘having a first calf,’ which disproves the theory of the age adopted by the commentators. - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.674](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.674) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.676](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.676) - [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.s21.675](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.675) · Pramāṇa