Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.976

v1.c3.s21.976

Pippala, n., is found in two passages of the Rigveda¹ meaning ‘berry,’ used with a mystic signification, and in neither case with any certain reference to the berry of the fig-tree.² In the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad³ the general sense of ‘berry’ is not necessary, and the special sense of ‘berry’ of the Peepal is quite possible: the latter meaning is perhaps intended in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.⁴ In the Atharvaveda⁵ the feminine form of the word, Pippalī, appears denoting berries used as a remedy for wounds, like Arundhatī.⁶