[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.s7.1360 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1360 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1360 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.1360](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1360) Vyadhvara, ‘perforating,’ designates a worm in one passage of the Atharvaveda,¹ where there seems to be no good reason to alter the reading to Vyadvara, though Whitney² thinks that it may rather be connected with vi-adhvan³ than with the root vyadh, ‘pierce.’⁴ The term occurs with Maśaka, ‘fly,’ in the Hiraṇyakeśi Gṛhya Sūtra,⁵ and perhaps also in another passage of the Atharvaveda,⁶ where, however, both Whitney⁷ and Śaṅkar Paṇḍit read Vyadvara. - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.1359](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1359) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.1361](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1361) - [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.s7.1360](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1360) · Pramāṇa