[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.c3.393 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.393 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.393 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.393) Apa-cit.—This word occurs several times in the Atharvaveda.¹ It is held by Roth,² Zimmer,³ and others to denote an insect whose sting produced swellings, etc. (\*glau\*). But Bloomfield⁴ shows that the disease, scrofulous swellings, is what is really meant, as is shown by the rendering (\*gaṇḍa-mālā\*, ‘inflammation of the glands of the neck’) of Keśava and Sāyaṇa, and by the parallelism of the later disease, \*apacī\*, the derivation being from \*apa\* and \*ci\*, ‘to pick off.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.392](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.392) - [Next: v1.c3.394](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.394) - [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.c3.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.393) · Pramāṇa