[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.s7.1418 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1418 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1418 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.1418](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1418) Vra, according to Roth,¹ means ‘troop’ in the Rigveda² and the Atharvaveda.³ Zimmer⁴ sees in the word (in the feminine form of \*vrā\*) a designation in one passage of the village host which formed part of the Viś, and was composed of relations (\*su-bandhu\*). On the other hand, Pischel⁵ thinks that in all the passages Vrā means ‘female,’ used either of animals⁶ or of women who go to the feast (Samana),⁷ or courtezans (viśyā, ‘of the people’),⁸ or, metaphorically,⁹ the hymns compared with courtezans: these senses are perhaps adequate. - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.1417](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1417) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.1419](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1419) - [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.s7.1418](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1418) · Pramāṇa