[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.s19.161 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.161 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s19.161 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s19.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.161) Dhiṣaṇā, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, denotes¹ an implement used in preparing the Soma, ‘bowl’ or ‘vat,’ and by metonymy also the Soma draught itself.² The dual, by a metaphor,³ also expresses the ‘two worlds,’ heaven and earth.⁴ Hillebrandt,⁵ however, thinks that the word properly means earth,⁶ in the dual heaven and earth,⁷ in the plural the triad, earth, atmosphere, and heaven,⁸ while in some passages⁹ Dhiṣaṇā denotes the Vedi, the excavated ground used as an altar. This is not, however, certain, while it seems clear that the Vājasaneyi¹⁰ and Taittirīya¹¹ Saṃhitās understand the Dhiṣaṇās (dual) to be the planks over which the pressing of the Soma took place (adhiṣavaṇa-phalake).¹² Pischel¹³ sees in Dhiṣaṇā a goddess of wealth akin to Aditi and the earth. - [Previous: v1.c3.s19.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.160) - [Next: v1.c3.s19.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.162) - [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.s19.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.161) · Pramāṇa