[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.c5.56 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c5.56 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c5.56 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.56) Praṣṭi is considered by Bloomfield¹ to refer to a horse yoked in front to guide the team, a sense clearly occurring in some places, and to be derived from \*pra\* and \*as\*, ‘be,’ as in Upasti. The word is usually² considered to be connected with \*parśu\*, ‘rib.’ - [Previous: v2.c5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.55) - [Next: v2.c5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.57) - [Up: v2.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.56) · Pramāṇa