[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.s7.1352 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1352 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1352 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.1352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1352) Vyacha in go-vyacha, the name of one of the victims at the Puruṣamedha (‘human sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda,¹ is of uncertain signification. According to Sāyaṇa,² the compound denotes a ‘driver out of cows.’ Perhaps it means a ‘tormentor of cows,’ as the St. Petersburg Dictionary takes it. Weber³ renders it as ‘knacker of cows,’ Eggeling as ‘one who approaches cows.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.1351](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1351) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.1353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1353) - [Up: v2.c4.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1352) · Pramāṇa