[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.s12.174 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.174 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.174 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.174) Gavidhukā,¹ Gavedhukā,² is the name of a species of grass (Coix barbata). It is also referred to in the adjectival forms gāvidhuka³ and gāvedhuka.⁴ It was boiled with rice⁵ (gāvidhukā-yavāgū) or barley⁶ (gavedhukā-saktavaḥ) in preparing gruel. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.173) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.175) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) ## Linked texts (5) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.5.4.3.2) — Sanskrit - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.1.7.3.6) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.2.6.5) — Sanskrit - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.15.5) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.2.4.11) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.174) · Pramāṇa