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# 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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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\*.

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