[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.s1.1 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s1.1 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s1.1 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s1.1) Phaṇa occurs in some manuscripts of the Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad,¹ and is explained as meaning an ‘ornament.’ But it is merely a misreading of the correct word phala in the compound phala-hastāḥ, ‘bearing fruits in their hands.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.863](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.863) - [Next: v2.c4.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s1.2) - [Up: v2.c4.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s1.1) · Pramāṇa