[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) › v1.c3.317 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.317 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.317 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.317](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.317) Adhi-ṣavaṇa.—The two Adhiṣavaṇas¹ are usually understood, as by Roth² and Zimmer,³ to designate the two boards between which the Soma was pressed. Hillebrandt,⁴ however, shows from the ritual that the boards were not placed one over the other, but were placed one behind the other, the two serving as a foundation upon which the Soma was pressed by a stone. This theory seems to account best for the etymological sense of the name ‘over-press,’ as well as for the use of the word as an adjective (‘used for pressing upon’). But according to the procedure as witnessed by Haug⁵ in the Deccan, the shoots of the plant are first placed on the skin, one of the boards being then laid over them and pounded with a stone. The shoots are then taken out and placed upon the board, the second board being then laid over them. - [Previous: v1.c3.316](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.316) - [Next: v1.c3.318](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.318) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.317](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.317) · Pramāṇa