[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.s5.13 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s5.13 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s5.13 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s5.13) Ūrṇā, ‘wool,’ is very frequently mentioned from the Rigveda¹ onwards. The Paruṣṇī country was famous for its wool,² like Gandhāra³ for its sheep. The term for the separate tufts was parvan⁴ or parus.⁵ ‘Soft as wool’ (ūrṇa-mradas)⁶ is not a rare epithet. The sheep is called ‘woolly’ (ūrṇāvati).⁷ ‘Woollen thread’ (ūrṇā-sūtra) is repeatedly referred to in the later Saṃhitās⁸ and the Brāhmaṇas.⁹ The word ūrṇā was not restricted to the sense of sheep’s wool,¹⁰ but might denote goat’s hair also.¹¹ - [Previous: v1.c3.s5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s5.12) - [Next: v1.c3.s5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s5.14) - [Up: v1.c3.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s5.13) · Pramāṇa