[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.c3.641 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.641 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.641 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.641](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.641) Alāṇḍu.—This is the reading in the text of the Atharvaveda¹ of the name of a species of worm. Bloomfield² shows reason to adopt the reading Algaṇḍu as the correct form of the word. - [Previous: v1.c3.640](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.640) - [Next: v1.c3.642](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.642) - [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.c3.641](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.641) · Pramāṇa