[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.s4.254 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.254 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.254 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s4.254](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.254) Urā as a name for ‘sheep’ is confined to the Rigveda.¹ It is curious that in one of its two occurrences the wolf should be referred to as terrifying sheep, and that the epithet of the wolf, \*urā-mathi\*, ‘killing sheep,’ should occur once in the Rigveda,² both references being in one book of the Saṃhitā, a fact which suggests a dialectical origin of the word \*urā\*. See also Avi. - [Previous: v1.c3.s4.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.253) - [Next: v1.c3.s4.255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.255) - [Up: v1.c3.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.254](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.254) · Pramāṇa