[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.s21.857 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.857 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.857 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.857](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.857) Pāśa denotes in the Rigveda¹ and later² a ‘rope’ used for fastening or tying up. Rope and knot (granthi) are mentioned together in the Atharvaveda.³ Pāśa is in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa⁴ used of the rope by which Manu’s ship was fastened to the mountain. It is often employed metaphorically of the ‘fetter’ of Varuṇa.⁵ - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.856](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.856) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.858](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.858) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (3) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.857](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.857) · Pramāṇa