[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.s7.1447 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1447 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1447 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.1447](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1447) Vrāta-pati, ‘lord of troops,’ is an epithet included in the names of Rudra in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās,¹ along with the epithet Gaṇa-pati, ‘lord of groups.’ The exact sense is quite uncertain, but the term may allude to the chief of a band of robbers, as Zimmer² thinks. - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.1446](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1446) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.1448](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1448) - [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.s7.1447](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1447) · Pramāṇa