[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.s4.244 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.244 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.244 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.244](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.244) Manyā (plur.), ‘nape of the neck,’ occurs in a passage of the Atharvaveda¹ directed against a disease which Bloomfield² regards as scrofulous swellings on the neck. He compares the disease Manskunder, ‘tumours of the neck’ (which looks like a combination of the words \*manyā\* and \*skandhyā\*, ‘pains of the neck and shoulders,’ both occurring in verses 1 and 3 of the Atharvan hymn), mentioned by Wise.³ - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.243](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.243) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.245) - [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.s4.244](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.244) · Pramāṇa