[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.s9.85 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.85 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.85 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.85) Whether there was a strict tribal organization of the host, such as is once alluded to in the Homeric poems,⁹ and is also recognized in Germany by Tacitus,¹⁰ is uncertain (cf. Vrāta), but in the Epic relations (Jñāti) fight together,¹¹ and this rule, no doubt, applied more or less in Vedic times also. - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.84) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.86) - [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.s9.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.85) · Pramāṇa