Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.591

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1. Arundhatī is the name of a plant celebrated in several passages of the Atharvaveda¹ as possessing healing properties in case of wounds, as a febrifuge, and as inducing cows to give milk. The plant was a climber which attached itself to trees like the Plakṣa, Aśvattha, Nyagrodha, and Parṇa.² It was of golden colour (*hiraṇya-varṇa*), and had a hairy stem (*lomaśa-vakṣaṇa*).³ It was also called Silācī, and the Lākṣā appears to have been a product of it.⁴