[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.s8.177 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.177 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.177 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.177) Śayāṇḍaka is the form in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā¹ of the name of an animal which in the Maitrāyaṇī² and Vājasaneyi Saṃhitās³ is written as Śayaṇḍaka. Some sort of bird is meant according to Roth,⁴ but the commentator on the Taittirīya Saṃhitā equates the word with Kṛkalāsa, ‘chameleon.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.176) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.178) - [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.s8.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.177) · Pramāṇa