[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.s4.272 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.272 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.272 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.272) Maru, in the plural, is mentioned in the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka,¹ as the utkara (‘mound of earth thrown up’ from the excavation of the altar²) of Kurukṣetra. This seems to mean that the Maru deserts (the later Maru-sthala³) were so called because they stood to the ‘altar,’ Kurukṣetra, in the same relation as the waste earth of the utkara to the sacrifice. - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.271) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.273](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.273) - [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.s4.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.272) · Pramāṇa