Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.196
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.196
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v1.c3.196
Aja-śṛṅgī.—This plant (‘goat’s horn’), equated by the commentator with Viṣāṇin (the *Odina pinnata*), is celebrated as a demon-destroyer in the Atharvaveda.¹ Its other name is Arāṭakī.² Weber³ suggests that it is the *Prosopis spicigera* or *Mimosa suma*.