[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.s9.1220 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1220 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1220 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.1220](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1220) Svaja in the Atharvaveda¹ and later² denotes the ‘viper.’ The word is explained by the commentators as sva-ja, ‘selfborn,’ but Roth,³ Weber,⁴ and Zimmer⁵ prefer to derive it from the root svaj, ‘clasp,’ ‘encircle.’ In the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā⁶ the Hariṇa is said to kill the viper. - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.1219](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1219) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.1221](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1221) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1220](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1220) · Pramāṇa