Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.503

v1.c3.s11.503

Kurīra, like Opaśa and Kumba, denotes some sort of female head ornament in the description of the bride’s adornment in the wedding hymn of the Rigveda¹ and in the Atharvaveda.² According to the Yajurveda Saṃhitās,³ the goddess Sinīvālī is described by the epithets su-kapardā, su-kurīra, sv-opaśā, as wearing a beautiful head-dress.