[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.s7.1470 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1470 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1470 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.1470](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1470) Vrīhi, ‘rice,’ is never mentioned in the Rigveda,¹ but is frequently alluded to in the Atharvaveda² and later.³ Rice seems to be indigenous in the south-east of India:⁴ this fact accounts well for the absence of any mention of it in the Rigveda. Black and white rice is contrasted in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā,⁵ where also⁶ the distinctions of dark, swift-growing (āśu), and large rice (mahā-vrīhi) are found. Probably the swift-growing variety is that later known as ṣaṣṭika, ‘ripening in sixty days.’ Vrīhi and Yava, ‘barley,’ are normally conjoined in the texts.⁷ Cf. Plāśuka. - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.1469](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1469) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.1471](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1471) - [Up: v2.c4.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1470](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.1470) · Pramāṇa