[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.s4.112 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.112 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.112 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.112) Madhu denotes anything sweet used as food, and especially drink, ‘mead,’¹ a sense often found in the Rigveda.² More precisely it denotes either ‘Soma’³ or ‘milk,’⁴ or less often ‘honey,’⁵ which, however, is the most definite sense in the later literature. Taboos against the use of honey are recorded.⁶ - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.111) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.113) - [Up: v2.c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.112) · Pramāṇa