[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.c5.86 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c5.86 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c5.86 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.86) Vāc.—Grierson, in his discussion¹ of the Paiśācī speech, holds that the passage cited as the speech of the Asuras in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, he \*’lavo\* (= \*he ’rayaḥ\*),² can be regarded as in Paiśācī just as much as in Māgadhī, since the change of \*r\* to \*l\*, and of \*y\* to \*v\*, is found in Paiśācī also. Sten Konow,² however, considers that Paiśācī was the speech used in the Vindhya region. It would be unwise, as a matter of fact, to lay stress on the phrase \*he ’lavo\*, because both the reading and the sense are by no means certain.³ But it should be noted that the easterners and the Asuras are elsewhere in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa⁴ connected: this tells against Dr. Grierson’s view. - [Previous: v2.c5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.85) - [Next: v2.c5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.87) - [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.c5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.86) · Pramāṇa