[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.s12.44 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.44 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.44 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.44) Khalva is some sort of grain or leguminous plant, perhaps, as Weber¹ thinks, the \*Phaselus radiatus\*. It is mentioned with other grains of all sorts in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā,² and as being crushed with the Dṛṣad in the Atharvaveda.³ It occurs also in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad,⁴ where Śaṅkara glosses it with \*niṣpāva\*. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.43) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.45) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.18.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.44) · Pramāṇa