[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.s4.13 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.13 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.13 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.13) Ugra in one passage of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad¹ seems to have a technical force, denoting ‘man in authority,’ or according to Max Müller’s rendering, ‘policeman.’ Roth² compares a passage in the Rigveda,³ where, however, the word has simply the general sense of ‘mighty man.’ Böhtlingk,⁴ in his rendering of the Upaniṣad, treats the word as merely adjectival. - [Previous: v1.c3.s4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.12) - [Next: v1.c3.s4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.14) - [Up: v1.c3.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4) ## Linked texts (2) - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka.4.3.37) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.7.38.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.13) · Pramāṇa