[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.s4.119 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.119 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.119 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s4.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.119) Upa-kvasa is the name in the Atharvaveda (vi. 50, 2) of a noxious insect injurious to seed. Sāyaṇa, however, reads the word as a plural adjective (\*a-pakvasaḥ\* = \*a-dagdhāḥ\*), but the Paippalāda recension supports the form \*upakvasaḥ\*. - [Previous: v1.c3.s4.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.118) - [Next: v1.c3.s4.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.120) - [Up: v1.c3.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.6.50.2) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.119) · Pramāṇa