[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.s3.270 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.270 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.270 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s3.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.270) 1. Bheṣaja, denoting a ‘remedial agent,’ ‘medicine,’ is often mentioned in the Rigveda¹ and later,² being also used in a figurative sense.³ Plants,⁴ waters,⁵ and spells⁶ are repeatedly enumerated as medicines. Most of the medical practices of the Atharvaveda are merely examples of sympathetic magic. For example, in one hymn⁷ the yellow of jaundice is entreated to pass into yellow birds. In another⁸ fever is to be banished by means of a frog; for the frog, being a potent means of cooling fire⁹ (because of its association with water), is regarded as analogously effective in banishing the fire of fever. See Bhiṣaj. - [Previous: v2.c4.s3.269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.269) - [Next: v2.c4.s3.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.271) - [Up: v2.c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.270) · Pramāṇa