[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.s7.87 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.87 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.87 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.87) Vanar-gu, ‘forest-goer,’ is used in the Rigveda¹ and the Atharvaveda² to designate robbers who haunt the forests. In the Sāmaveda³ the term is more generally opposed to civilized men (kavayaḥ, ‘sages’; vanargavaḥ, ‘savages’). - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.86) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.88) - [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.s7.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.87) · Pramāṇa