[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.s8.864 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.864 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.864 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.864](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.864) ² Av. vi. 54, 1; 73, 1; ix. 5, 31; x. 6, 26; xi. 1, 12. 21; xii. 1, 63; 5, 7; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ii. 2, 8, 6; v. 1, 8, 6; vi. 1, 10, 3; vii. 2, 7, 3, etc. Already in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (xi. 4, 3) she is regarded as a goddess. See Rhys Davids, Buddhist India, 217 et seq. She already appears in the earliest Buddhist sculptures seated on a lotus between two elephants that pour water over her. This type of the goddess has survived down to the present day in India. - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.863](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.863) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.865](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.865) - [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.s8.864](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.864) · Pramāṇa