[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.s21.976 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.976 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.976 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.976](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.975](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.975) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.977](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.977) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.976](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.976) · Pramāṇa