[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.c4.43 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.43 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.43 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.43) Puruṣa Mṛga, the ‘man wild beast,’ occurs in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda.¹ Zimmer’s² view that the ape is meant seems probable. According to him also, the word Puruṣa alone, in two passages of the Atharvaveda,³ refers to the ape and its cry (māyu); but this sense is not necessary, and it is not adopted by Bloomfield,⁴ though Whitney⁵ does not think the rendering ‘cry of a man’ satisfactory, the term māyu not being properly applicable to the noise made by human beings. - [Previous: v2.c4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.42) - [Next: v2.c4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.44) - [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.c4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.43) · Pramāṇa