[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.s18.696 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.696 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.696 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.696](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.696) Drapsa is a common word from the Rigveda onwards¹ for a ‘drop’: according to Sāyaṇa,² a ‘thick drop’ as opposed to stoka, a ‘small drop.’ Hence there frequently occurs the expression dadhi-drapsa,’ drop of curds.’³ In the Rigveda⁴ the word normally denotes the thick drops of Soma or the Soma itself. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.695](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.695) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.697](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.697) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.696](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.696) · Pramāṇa