[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.c3.410 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.410 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.410 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.410](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.410) Apā-mārga.—A plant (Achyranthes aspera) used frequently¹ in witchcraft practices, and for medical purposes, especially against Kṣetriya. It is described in the Atharvaveda² as ‘revertive’ (punaḥ-sara), either, as Roth³ and Zimmer⁴ think, because of its having reverted leaves (a view also accepted by Whitney⁵), or because, as Bloomfield⁶ holds, it wards off a spell by causing it to recoil on its user. - [Previous: v1.c3.409](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.409) - [Next: v1.c3.411](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.411) - [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.c3.410](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.410) · Pramāṇa