[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.c4.709 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.709 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.709 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.709](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.709) Prācya denotes in the plural ‘dwellers in the east.’ They are mentioned in the list of peoples in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa.¹ It is very probable that the Kāśīs, Kosalas, Videhas, and perhaps Magadhas, are meant, as Oldenberg² supposes. In the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa³ the Easterns are said to call Agni by the name of Śarva, and their mode of making tombs is there⁴ referred to with disapproval. The Lāṭyāyana Śrauta Sūtra⁵ explains the Vipatha, ‘rough car,’ of the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa⁶ as a car of the Easterns (\*prācya-ratha\*). In the Saṃhitopaniṣad Brāhmaṇa⁷ reference is made to the Prācya-Pāñcālas. - [Previous: v2.c4.708](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.708) - [Next: v2.c4.710](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.710) - [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.c4.709](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.709) · Pramāṇa