[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.s21.600 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.600 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.600 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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). - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.599](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.599) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.601](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.601) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (2) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.8.6.2) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Kauśikasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausika) — Kauśika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.600) · Pramāṇa