Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.829

v2.c4.829

1. Plakṣa is the name of the waved leaf fig-tree (*Ficus infectoria*), a large and beautiful tree with small white fruit. It is mentioned in the Atharvaveda¹ and the Taittirīya Saṃhitā² along with the Nyagrodha and the Parṇa. Its name is altered in the latter Saṃhitā³ to Prakṣa for the sake of an etymology. It is also mentioned in the Brāhmaṇas.⁴ 2. Plakṣa Dayyāmpāti (‘descendant of Dyāmpati’ or Dyāmpāta) was a contemporary of Atyamhas Āruṇi in the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa (iii. 10, 9, 3. 5).