Praudhamanorama 60_341

60_341

sthalā is different: artificial, [that is,] prepared by human effort. As in: they hold water with an artificial raised mound.
śrāṇā: cooked.
On "a modification of iron": well known as a plowshare.
kuśā is different: the Chandogas use kuśā for the udumbara wooden pegs meant for counting the stotriya verses; and this is well established in the rule "ataḥ kṛkamikaṃsa...", in Vyāsa's aphorism "In the abandonment, however, [there is] receiving...", and in the Vedic passage "You are kuśās made of trees; protect me!"