[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.s4.3 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.3 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.3) ¹ The Makara, as a Hindu sculptural ornament, originally represented a crocodile. Cf. Cousen’s article in the \*Annual Report of the Archæological Survey of India\* for 1903-4, pp. 227-231 (where the Makara appears as the vehicle of Varuṇa and of Gaṅgā). Cf. also \*op. cit.\*, 1904-5, pp. 80, 83, 84. - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.2) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.4) - [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.s4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.3) · Pramāṇa