[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.s2.95 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.95 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.95 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.95) 1. Basta denotes the ‘goat’ in the Rigveda¹ and the later literature.² 2. Basta Rāmakāyana is the name of a teacher in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā (iv. 2, 10). The patronymic is variously read Samakāyana. - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.94) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.96) - [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.s2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.95) · Pramāṇa