[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.s20.547 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.547 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.547 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.547](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.547) Nir-āla occurs once in the Atharvaveda,¹ where Sāyaṇa regards it as the name of a disease. Bloomfield,² with the Padapāṭha, explains it as two words, understanding nir as an elliptical imperative, ‘(go) out,’ with the vocative āla, a kind of weed. Whitney³ at first took āla to be a verbal form, but finally came to the conclusion that the expression is one word, \*nirāla\*, of unknown sense. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.546](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.546) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.548](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.548) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.547](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.547) · Pramāṇa