[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.s5.75 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.75 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.75 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.75) The axle (Akṣa) was, in some cases, made of Araṭu wood;⁷ round its ends the wheels revolved. To the axle was attached the body of the chariot (Kośa). This part is also denoted by the word Vandhura, which more precisely means the ‘seat’ of the chariot. The epithet tri-vandhura is used of the chariot of the Aśvins, seemingly to correspond with another of its epithets, tri-cakra: perhaps, as Weber⁸ thinks, a chariot with three seats and three wheels was a real form of vehicle; but Zimmer⁹ considers that the vehicle was purely mythical. Garta also denotes the seat of the warrior. - [Previous: v2.c4.s5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.74) - [Next: v2.c4.s5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.76) - [Up: v2.c4.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s5.75) · Pramāṇa