[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.s8.139 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.139 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.139 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.139) Śamitṛ denotes the ‘man who cuts up’ the slaughtered animal in the Rigveda¹ and later,² sometimes having merely the sense of ‘cook.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.138) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.140) - [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.s8.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.139) · Pramāṇa