Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.157

v2.c4.s4.157

Madhyama-vah occurs in one passage of the Rigveda¹ as an epithet of the chariot. The exact interpretation is doubtful. Roth² assigns to it the expression the sense of ‘driving with a single horse between the shafts.’ According to Sāyaṇa’s explanation, it means ‘driving with middling speed.’ It might mean ‘driving in the middle’—that is, ‘only half-way.’³