Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.600

v1.c3.s21.600

Palāla is found with Anu-palāla in the Atharvaveda (viii. 6, 2) as the name of a demon. The meaning of the word is ‘straw,’ in which sense it occurs in the Kauśika Sūtra (lxxx. 27), while the feminine form, Palālī, is found in the Atharvaveda itself (ii. 8, 3) as the straw of barley (Yava).