[[orality]] --- The following pages redirect here: [[vow]], [[oath]], [[pledge]], [[swear]]. If combined with the [[sacredness-divinity]] the promise becomes a [[sacred-promise]]. ## Etymology PIE `*h₁u̯egᵘ̯ʰ- ` "vow, speak solemnly" ## Biblio {[[benveniste1969]]:ch6.4 "The Vow"} {[[nagy-g2015-04-17]]§13ff.} [[allen-n-2018-amba]] ## Other [ON TRUTH-ACTS IN VEDIC on JSTOR](https://www.jstor.org/stable/24663377?seq=1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacca-kiriya#Definition #cleanup