[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.c4.76 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.76 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.76 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.76) Puro-’nuvākyā (‘introductory verse to be recited’) is the technical term for the address to a god inviting him to partake of the offering; it was followed by the Yājyā, which accompanied the actual oblation.¹ Such addresses are not unknown, but are rare, according to Oldenberg,² in the Rigveda; subsequently they are regular, the word itself occurring in the later Saṃhitās³ and the Brāhmaṇas.⁴ - [Previous: v2.c4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.75) - [Next: v2.c4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.77) - [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.c4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.76) · Pramāṇa