[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.s17.170 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.170 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.170 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.170) Tājad-bhaṅga (‘easily broken’) is apparently the name of a tree or plant in the Atharvaveda.¹ The Kauśika Sūtra² treats it as a compound word, and its commentator makes it out to be the castor-oil plant (eraṇḍa). Whitney,³ however, treats the expression as two separate words, and thinks that the passage means ‘may they be broken suddenly (tājat) like hemp (bhaṅga).’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.169) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.171) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.170) · Pramāṇa