[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.s4.11 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.11 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.11 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.11) Makha appears to designate a person in two passages of the Rigveda,¹ but in neither passage does the context explain who he was. Probably a demon of some kind is meant. In the later Saṃhitās² mention is also made of the ‘head of Makha,’ an expression which has become unintelligible to the Brāhmaṇas.³ - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.10) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.12) - [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.s4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.11) · Pramāṇa