[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.s21.735 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.735 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.735 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.735](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.735) Pāṇi-ghna, ‘hand-clapper,’ is enumerated among the list of victims at the Puruṣamedha (‘human sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda.¹ Presumably a man who drives away birds from the fields by making a noise is intended. - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.734](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.734) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.736](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.736) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (2) - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.4.15.1) — Sanskrit - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.30.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.735](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.735) · Pramāṇa