[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.s18.561 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.561 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.561 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.561](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.561) Dṛṣad appears in the Rigveda¹ and Atharvaveda² to denote not a millstone,³ but merely a stone used to pound grain, which was placed on another stone as a support. When used later⁴ in connexion with Upalā, the lower and the upper millstone, or mortar and pestle may be meant; but this is not certain. Eggeling⁵ renders them as the large and small millstones. See also Upara and Upalā. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.560](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.560) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.562](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.562) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.561](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.561) · Pramāṇa