[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.s4.1047 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1047 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1047 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.1047](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1047) Yātu-dhāna in the Rigveda¹ and later² denotes a ‘sorcerer,’ ‘wizard,’ or ‘magician.’ The sense of the Rigveda³ is clearly unfavourable to sorcery. The feminine, Yātudhānī, is also found in the Rigveda and later.⁴ - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.1046](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1046) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.1048](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1048) - [Up: v2.c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1047](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1047) · Pramāṇa