History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.44
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.44
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²⁵⁶¹ According to the com. on Sat. VII. 4. p. 665 the word is derived from ‘sad’ (to shatter) with ‘upa’ and means ‘that by which the allied cities became shattered’; ‘उप उपगतानि संगतानि एतादृशानि पुराणि विशीर्णानि भवन्ति यया सोपसत् । उप उपगताः स्वेन सह सङ्गता अपि भ्रातृव्या विशीर्णा भवन्ति यजमानस्य यया सा । ... ... तेषामसुराणां तिस्रः पुर आसंस्तित्यत्रोपसद्विषयिण्याख्यायिका प्रसिद्धा ।’. Vide Kauṣ. Br. VIII. 8 for the legend.
Linked texts (2)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit