[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.s21.741 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.741 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.741 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.741](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.741) Pātra, primarily a ‘drinking vessel’ (from pā, ‘to drink’) denotes a vessel generally both in the Rigveda¹ and later.² It was made either of wood³ or clay.⁴ In some passages⁵ the word is, according to Roth, used to indicate a measure. The feminine Pātrī occasionally occurs⁶ in the sense of ‘vessel.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.740](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.740) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.742](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.742) - [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.1.82.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.741](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.741) · Pramāṇa