Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.276

v2.c4.276

Prḍāku, the name of a ‘snake’ in the Atharvaveda,¹ is mentioned in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’), in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās,² and occasionally elsewhere.³ Its skin was specially valuable, according to the Atharvaveda.⁴