Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.645
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.645
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v1.c3.s11.645
Kuṣumbhaka seems in one passage of the Rigveda¹ to mean a poisonous insect, Kuṣumbha in the Atharvaveda² clearly having the sense of a poison bag. Sāyaṇa renders it as ‘ichneumon’ (*nakula*).
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- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit