[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.s19.137 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.137 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.137 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s19.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.137) Dhānya (neut.), a derivative from the preceding word,¹ denotes ‘grain’ in general. It is found in the Rigveda² and later.³ According to the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad,⁴ there are ten cultivated (grāmyāṇi) kinds of grain: rice and barley (vrīhi-yavāḥ), sesamum and beans (tila-māṣāḥ), Panicum Miliaceum and Italicum (aṇu-priyaṅgavaḥ), maize (godhūmāḥ), lentils (masūrāḥ), Khalvāḥ and Dolichos uniflorus (khala-kulāḥ). The horse is called ‘corn-eating’ (\*dhānyāda\*) in the Aitareya⁵ and Śatapatha⁶ Brāhmaṇas, and men are mentioned as ‘purifying corn’ (\*dhānyā-kṛt\*) in the Rigveda.⁸ - [Previous: v1.c3.s19.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.136) - [Next: v1.c3.s19.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.138) - [Up: v1.c3.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.137) · Pramāṇa