[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.s4.253 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.253 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.253 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.253) Mayu occurs in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās.¹ The commentator on the Taittirīya Saṃhitā¹ explains the word as meaning either an ‘ape’ (\*kiṃpuruṣa\*) or a ‘forest peacock’ (\*āraṇya-mayūra\*). - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.252](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.252) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.254](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.254) - [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.s4.253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.253) · Pramāṇa