[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.s17.280 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.280 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.280 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s17.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.280) Tilvaka is mentioned in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ as a tree (Symplocos racemosa), near which it is inauspicious to construct a grave. The adjectival derivative tailvaka, ‘made of the wood of the Tilvaka,’ is found in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā,² and is employed to describe the yūpa, or sacrificial post, in the Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.³ - [Previous: v1.c3.s17.279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.279) - [Next: v1.c3.s17.281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.281) - [Up: v1.c3.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17) ## Linked texts (3) - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s17.280) · Pramāṇa