Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.296

v1.c3.s11.296

Kāri is the name of one of the victims of the human sacrifice (Puruṣamedha) in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā,¹ and is there dedicated to ‘laughter.’ The commentator Mahīdhara² interprets the word as ‘worker’ (karaṇa-śīla), but the St. Petersburg Dictionary suggests that it means a ‘jubilant’ person (as derived from the root kṛ, ‘to praise’).