[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.s4.48 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.48 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.48 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.48) Maṭacī occurs in a passage of the Chāndogya Upaniṣad,¹ where reference is made to the Kurus being overwhelmed by Maṭacīs.² Śaṅkara interprets the word by ‘thunderbolts’ (aśanayaḥ), while Ānandatīrtha in his commentary gives, as an alternative rendering, pāṣāṇa-vṛṣṭayaḥ—i.e., ‘hailstones,’ which may be the sense. The Śabdakalpadruma,³ agreeing with Ānandatīrtha,⁴ says that Maṭacī means ‘a kind of small red bird’ (rakta-varṇa-kṣudra-pakṣi-viśeṣa, reading -pakṣi-), and Jacob⁵ suggests that the ‘locust’ is meant. - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.47) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.49) - [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.s4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.48) · Pramāṇa