[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.s8.811 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.811 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.811 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.811](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.811) Śyāmāka is the name of a cultivated millet (\*Panicum frumentaceum\*) in the later Saṃhitās¹ and the Brāhmaṇas.² The lightness of its seed is alluded to in the Atharvaveda,³ where it is spoken of as blown away by the wind. There it is also mentioned as the food of pigeons.⁴ The Śyāmāka and its seed (Taṇḍula) are referred to as very small in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad,⁵ where Max Müller⁶ renders it as ‘canary seed.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.810](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.810) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.812](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.812) - [Up: v2.c4.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.811](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.811) · Pramāṇa