[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.s10.207 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s10.207 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s10.207 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s10.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s10.207) Hrūḍu is a word of unknown meaning applied to Takman in the Atharvaveda.¹ It is variously spelled in the manuscript as hruḍa, hūḍu, rūḍu, and so forth; the Paippalāda recension reads huḍu, ‘ram.’ Henry² has conjectured that the word is the equivalent of a proto-Semitic ḥarūḍu, ‘gold’ (Assyrian huraçu and Hebrew ḥarūṣ), while Halévy³ suggests that it may be the Greek χλωρός, ‘greenish-yellow’; but both conjectures are highly improbable.⁴ Weber⁵ thinks ‘cramp’ is meant. - [Previous: v2.c4.s10.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s10.206) - [Next: v2.c4.s10.208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s10.208) - [Up: v2.c4.s10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s10.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s10.207) · Pramāṇa