[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.c4.850 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.850 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.850 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.850](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.850) Plā-yogi, ‘descendant of Playoga,’ is the patronymic of Āsaṅga in the Rigveda.¹ According to the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra,² Āsaṅga was a woman, but became a man. This version, repeated by Sāyaṇa in his commentary on the Rigveda,³ is a mere blunder based on the fact that an additional verse, tacked on to the hymn,³ contains the expression \*śaśvatī nārī\*, which has been taken to mean ‘his wife Śaśvatī,’⁴ instead of merely ‘every woman.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.849](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.849) - [Next: v2.c4.851](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.851) - [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.c4.850](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.850) · Pramāṇa