[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.s10.47 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s10.47 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s10.47 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s10.47) Halikṣṇa¹ or Halikṣṇa² is mentioned as one of the victims at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās. The commentator Mahīdhara³ thinks that it is a kind of lion, Sāyaṇa⁴ that a green Caṭaka bird or a lion (\*tṛṇa-himsa\*)⁵ is meant. In the Atharvaveda⁶ Halikṣṇa seems to be some particular intestine, but Weber⁷ thinks it may mean ‘gall.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.s10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s10.46) - [Next: v2.c4.s10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s10.48) - [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.s10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s10.47) · Pramāṇa