The History of Indian Literature c8.291

c8.291

[^asterisk]: In Mahá-Bhárata, xii. 1507, the word is an epithet of Kṛishṇa. [Here also it is explained as above; for the Ṛik, however, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, we have to assign to it the meaning of ‘procuring courage or strength, victorious, gaining booty or prize.’ The explanation of the word *vája* by ‘food’ (*anna*) is probably purely a scholastic one.]