[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.s21.704 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.704 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.704 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.704](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.703](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.703) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.705](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.705) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.7.109.2) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.704](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.704) · Pramāṇa