[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.s8.14 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.14 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.14 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.14) Śakam-bhara, ‘bearer of dung,’ is found in one passage of the Atharvaveda,¹ where the sense is doubtful. Ludwig² and Grill³ see in it a tribal name, Bloomfield⁴ the personification of excessive evacuation (diarrhœa), while Whitney⁵ considers that it may refer to the Mahāvṛṣas, despised as having to collect dung for fuel in the absence of wood in their country. - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.13) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.15) - [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.s8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.14) · Pramāṇa