Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.353

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¹ i. 166, 10; iv. 10, 5; v. 53, 4; 56, 1, etc. So *rukma-vakṣas*, ‘wearing golden ornaments on the breast,’ ii. 34, 2. 8; v. 55, 1; 57, 5. etc.; *rukmin*, i. 66, 6; ix. 15, 5. *Cf.* Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ii. 3, 2, 3; v. 1, 10, 3; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xiii. 40, etc. mana, i. 8, 2, 3; 9, 1, etc. So *rukmin* in Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xiii. 5, 4, 2; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, viii. 21, 3. *Cf.* Zimmer, *Altindisches Leben*, 260, 263; Geldner, *Rigveda, Glossar*, 160, who suggests as a possible sense ‘gold coin’; Max Müller, *Sacred Books of the East*, 32, 112, 299.