[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.s21.703 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.703 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.703 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.703](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.703) ⁵ St. Petersburg Dictionary, \*s.v.\* 2. Max Müller, \*Sacred Books of the East\*, 32, 260, 398, 399, takes Pastyāvant as a place-name, but thinks that \*pastyā\* denotes ‘hamlet,’ or, as an epithet of Aditi, refers to her as a ‘housewife’ (Rv. iv. 55, 3; viii. 27, 5). - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.702](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.702) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.704](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.704) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.4.55.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.703](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.703) · Pramāṇa