[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.s21.521 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.521 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.521 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.521](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.521) 2. Parṇa denotes the tree Butea frondosa, later usually called Palāśa. It occurs in the Rigveda¹ in connexion with the Aśvattha, and with that tree as well as the Nyagrodha in the Atharvaveda,² which mentions both amulets³ and the cover of sacrificial dishes⁴ as made from its wood. Its use for the making of sacrificial implements like the ladle (juhū),⁵ or sacrificial posts,⁶ or the small ladle called sruva,⁷ is mentioned. The Taittirīya Saṃhitā⁸ ascribes its origin to the loss of a feather by the Gāyatrī when winning the Soma. The tree is also often mentioned elsewhere.⁹ Reference too is sometimes made to its bark (parṇa-valka).¹⁰ - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.520](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.520) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.522](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.522) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.521](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.521) · Pramāṇa