[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.c4.696 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.696 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.696 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.696](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.696) Prācīna-vamśa as an adjective denotes ‘having the supporting beam of the roof facing the east’ in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ and the Yajurveda Saṃhitās.² The reference is to the central beam running from the middle of the western end of a hall to the middle of the eastern end. This beam was possibly higher than those at the side. - [Previous: v2.c4.695](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.695) - [Next: v2.c4.697](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.697) - [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.c4.696](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.696) · Pramāṇa