[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.s7.24 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s7.24 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s7.24 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s7.24) Eta in the plural (etāḥ) denotes the steeds of the Maruts, being a swift species of deer, which are mentioned several times in the Rigveda,¹ and the skins of which are also said to be worn by the Maruts on their shoulders.² The epithet pṛthu-budhna, once applied to them in the Rigveda,³ and variously interpreted as ‘broad-hoofed,’⁴ ‘broad-chested,’⁵ and ‘broad in the hinder part,’⁶ seems to indicate that they were not gazelles.⁷ - [Previous: v1.c3.s7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s7.23) - [Next: v1.c3.s7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s7.25) - [Up: v1.c3.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s7.24) · Pramāṇa