[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.s9.1290 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1290 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1290 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.1290](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1290) Sva-sara, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, denotes ‘cattle stall,’¹ and more generally ‘dwelling-place,’ ‘house,’² and then ‘nest of birds.’³ Geldner,⁴ however, shows that the real sense is the ‘wandering at will’ of cattle, more precisely their ‘grazing in the morning,’⁵ and in the case of birds their ‘early flight’ from the nest,⁶ while metaphorically it is applied first to the morning pressing of Soma and then to all three pressings.⁷ - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.1289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1289) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.1291](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1291) - [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.s9.1290](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1290) · Pramāṇa