[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.s14.21 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.21 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.21 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.21) Cakṣus, ‘eye.’ The ‘evil eye’ (ghoram cakṣus) was well known in the Atharvaveda, which contains spells to counteract its influence.¹ As remedies against it are mentioned salve from Mount Trikakubh² and the Jaṅgiḍa plant.³ In the wedding ceremony the wife is entreated not to have the evil eye (aghora-cakṣus).⁴ The structure of the eye, and its division into white (śukla), dark (kṛṣṇa), and the pupil (kanīnakā) are repeatedly referred to in the later Brāhmaṇas.⁵ The disease Alaji appears to have been an affection of the eyes. - [Previous: v1.c3.s14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.20) - [Next: v1.c3.s14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.22) - [Up: v1.c3.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.21) · Pramāṇa