Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.66

v1.c3.66

Akṣata or Akṣita.—In one passage of the Atharvaveda,¹ dealing with the Jāyānya, mention is made of a remedy for sores designated both Akṣita and Sukṣata, or, according to the reading of the Kauṣika Sūtra, Akṣata and Sukṣata, while Sāyaṇa has Akṣita and Sukṣita. Bloomfield² renders ‘not caused by cutting’ and ‘caused by cutting.’ Formerly³ he suggested ‘tumour’ or ‘boil.’ Whitney⁴ thinks that two varieties of Jāyānya are meant. Ludwig⁵ reads with Sāyaṇa akṣita, which he renders by ‘not firmly established’ in the invalid. Zimmer⁶ finds it a disease Kṣata.