Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.704

v1.c3.s21.704

Pāṃsu in the Atharvaveda¹ and later² denotes ‘dust’ or ‘sand,’ usually in the plural. Among the portents enumerated in the Adbhuta Brāhmaṇa³ is a rain of dust or sand (*pāṃsu-varṣa*), a phenomenon not rare in India.⁴