[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.s8.123 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.123 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.123 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.123) Śapatha in the Rigveda¹ and later² denotes a ‘curse,’ not an ‘oath,’ as a judicial process. But that an oath of such a kind was possible as it was later,² is shown by at least one passage of the Rigveda,³ where the speaker, possibly Vasiṣṭha, imprecates death on himself if he is a wizard, and death on his foes if he is not. - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.122) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.124) - [Up: v2.c4.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.123) · Pramāṇa