[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.s4.109 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.109 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.109 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s4.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.109) Udra is the name of an animal occurring only in the list of sacrificial victims at the Aśvamedha given in the Saṃhitās of the Yajurveda.¹ According to Mahīdhara² it was a crab; but as the commentary on the Taittirīya Saṃhitā³ calls it a water-cat, there can be no doubt that it was an otter. - [Previous: v1.c3.s4.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.108) - [Next: v1.c3.s4.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.110) - [Up: v1.c3.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4) ## Linked texts (3) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.5.5.20.1) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.3.14.18) — Sanskrit - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.24.37) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.109) · Pramāṇa