[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.s9.1227 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1227 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1227 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.1227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1227) 1. Svadhiti in the Rigveda¹ denotes the ‘axe’ or ‘knife’ used for dissecting the sacrificial horse. In all the other passages in that Saṃhitā² the sense of ‘axe’ for cutting wood is adequate; reference is made in one place³ to sharpening the axe on the whetstone (kṣṇotra). In the Atharvaveda⁴ the term seems once to denote the copper (lohita)⁵ knife used to mark the ears of cattle; the carpenter’s knife or axe is also twice referred to there.⁶ Later the word means ‘axe’ generally.⁷ As a weapon it does not appear at all.⁸ - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.1226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1226) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.1228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1228) - [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.s9.1227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1227) · Pramāṇa