Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.220
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.220
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v2.c4.s2.220
Bekanāṭa occurs only once in the Rigveda,¹ when Indra is said to overcome all the Bekanāṭas and the Paṇis. The natural sense, therefore, seems to be ‘usurer,’ the explanation given by Yāska.² The word has a foreign appearance, but its provenance can hardly be determined: it might just as well be aboriginal as Babylonian.³ Hillebrandt⁴ thinks Brunnhofer is right in identifying Bekanāṭa with Bikanir.