Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.576

v1.c3.576

Aritra denotes the ‘oar’ by which boats were propelled. The Rigveda¹ and the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā² speak of a vessel with a hundred oars, and a boat (nau) is said to be ‘propelled by oars’ (aritra-paraṇa).³ In two passages of the Rigveda⁴ the term, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, denotes a part of a chariot. The rower of a boat is called arity.⁵ See Nau.