Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.402
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.402
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v1.c3.s11.402
Kiyāmbu is the name of one of the water-plants which are to grow, according to a funeral hymn in the Rigveda,¹ on the place where the body of the dead was burned. The word seems to mean ‘having some water,’ possibly by popular etymology.²