[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) › v2.c4.357 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.357 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.357 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.357) Peśitṛ is the name of one of the victims at the Puruṣamedha (‘human sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda.¹ The sense is quite uncertain. The word is rendered by the St. Petersburg Dictionary and by Weber² as ‘one who cuts in pieces,’ a ‘carver,’ but Sāyaṇa³ thinks that it means one who causes an enmity which has been lulled to rest to break out again. - [Previous: v2.c4.356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.356) - [Next: v2.c4.358](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.358) - [Up: v2.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.357) · Pramāṇa