[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) › v2.c4.293 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.293 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.293 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.293](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.293) Pr̥śni-parṇī (‘having a speckled leaf’) is the name of a plant mentioned in a hymn of the Atharvaveda¹ as a protection against evil beings procuring abortion, called Kaṇvas (presumably a sign of hostility to the Kaṇva family).² It also appears in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,³ being identified with \*Hermionitis cordifolia\* by the St. Petersburg Dictionary, but Roth⁴ in a subsequent contribution suggests that it is the same as a plant later called lakṣmaṇā, and regarded as curing barrenness. The scholiast on the Kātyāyana Śrauta Sūtra⁵ thinks that the Glycine debilis is meant. - [Previous: v2.c4.292](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.292) - [Next: v2.c4.294](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.294) - [Up: v2.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.293](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.293) · Pramāṇa