[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.s16.163 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.163 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.163 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s16.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.163) Jalāṣa-bheṣaja, ‘whose remedy is Jalāṣa,’ is an epithet of Rudra in the Rigveda¹ and the Atharvaveda.² The word Jālāṣa occurs in a hymn of the Atharvaveda,³ where it denotes a remedy, perhaps, for a tumour or boil.⁴ The commentator on this passage and the Kauśika Sūtra⁵ regard Jālāṣa as meaning ‘urine,’ which seems a probable interpretation.⁶ But Geldner⁷ thinks that rain-water, conceived as urine, is meant; and the Naighaṇṭuka⁸ identifies jalāṣa and udaka ‘water.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.162) - [Next: v1.c3.s16.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.164) - [Up: v1.c3.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.163) · Pramāṇa