[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.s8.27 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s8.27 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s8.27 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8.27) Aiṣā-vīra.—The Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa once¹ refers to the Aiṣā-vīras as officiating at a sacrifice, with the implication that they were bad sacrificers. Sāyaṇa regards the word as a proper name (‘descendants of Eṣavīra’), denoting the members of a despised family. But Roth may be right in explaining the word both in the passage mentioned above and elsewhere as meaning ‘weak’² or ‘insignificant man.’³ - [Previous: v1.c3.s8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8.26) - [Next: v1.c3.s8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8.28) - [Up: v1.c3.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s8.27) · Pramāṇa