[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.s2.225 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.225 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.225 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.225) Bekurā occurs in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa,¹ where it may mean ‘voice’ or ‘sound,’ the sense assigned to the word in the Naighaṇṭuka.² It is, however, possibly, like Bakura, the name of a musical instrument. In the Taittirīya³ and the Kāṭhaka⁴ Saṃhitās the words Bekuri and Vekuri occur as epithets of Apsarases, or celestial nymphs, meaning, perhaps, ‘melodious’; in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā⁵ and the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa⁶ the variations Bhakuri and Bhākuri are found. - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.224) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.226) - [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.s2.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.225) · Pramāṇa