[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.s12.248 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.248 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.248 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.248) Guggulu, ‘bdellium,’ is referred to in one passage of the Atharvaveda¹ as produced by the Sindhu² and by the sea. The latter source presumably alludes, as Zimmer³ assumes, to sea-borne trade, bdellium being the gum of a tree, not a product of the sea. It is, however, possible that in this passage some other substance may be meant. The word in this form also occurs elsewhere in the Atharvaveda⁴ and later;⁵ it is often⁶ mentioned in the older form of Gulgulu, between which and Guggulu the manuscripts constantly vary. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.247) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.249) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.248) · Pramāṇa