[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.s1.232 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.232 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.232 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.232) Āla appears to mean ‘weed’ in the Atharvaveda,¹ and to form part of three other words,² denoting, according to Sāyaṇa, grass-creepers (\*sasya-vallī\*)—viz., Alasālā, Silañjālā,³ and Nilāgalasālā. Whitney,⁴ however, does not think that the words can be given any determinate sense. - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.231) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.233](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.233) - [Up: v1.c3.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.232) · Pramāṇa