[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.c4.829 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.829 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.829 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.829](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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). - [Previous: v2.c4.828](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.828) - [Next: v2.c4.830](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.830) - [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.c4.829](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.829) · Pramāṇa