[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.s8.781 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.781 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.781 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.781](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.781) Śauṣkala is the name of one of the sacrificial victims at the Puruṣamedha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda.¹ It means, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, ‘living on dried fish or flesh,’² or, according to the native lexicographers, ‘selling dried fish,’ while Sāyaṇa’s commentary on the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa explains the meaning to be one who catches fish with a hook, ‘angler.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.780](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.780) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.782](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.782) - [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.s8.781](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.781) · Pramāṇa