[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.s9.40 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s9.40 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s9.40 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s9.40) A list of the minor parts of which a plant is made up is given in the later Saṃhitās.³ It comprises the root (\*mūla\*), the panicle (\*tūla\*), the stem (\*kāṇḍa\*), the twig (\*valśa\*), the flower (\*puṣpa\*), and the fruit (\*phala\*), while trees⁴ have, in addition, a corona (\*skandha\*), branches (\*śākhā\*), and leaves (\*parṇa\*). The Atharvaveda⁵ gives an elaborate, though not very intelligible, division of plants into those which expand (\*pra-stṛṇatīḥ\*), are bushy (\*stambinīḥ\*), have only one sheath (\*eka-śuṅgāḥ\*), are creepers (\*pra-tanvatīḥ\*), have many stalks (\*aṃsumatīḥ\*), are jointed (\*kāṇḍinīḥ\*), or have spreading branches (\*vi-śākhāḥ\*). In the Rigveda⁶ plants are termed ‘fruitful’ (\*phalinīḥ\*), ‘blossoming’ (\*puṣpavatīḥ\*), and ‘having flowers’ (\*pra-sūvarīḥ\*). - [Previous: v1.c3.s9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s9.39) - [Next: v1.c3.s9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s9.41) - [Up: v1.c3.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s9.40) · Pramāṇa