Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.399

v1.c3.399

Apa-skambha.—The word occurs only in one passage of the Atharvaveda, where the tip of it is mentioned as poisoned. Roth¹ suggests that the fastening of the arrow-point to the shaft is meant. Whitney² inclines to this version, but suggests corruption of text. Zimmer³ follows Roth. Ludwig⁴ renders the word by ‘barb.’ Bloomfield⁵ thinks it means ‘tearing (arrow),’ a sense deduced from the etymology.