[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.s2.220 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.220 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.220 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.220](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.219](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.219) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.221](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.221) - [Up: v2.c4.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.220](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.220) · Pramāṇa