Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.106
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.106
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v1.c3.s12.106
Gabhasti denotes, according to Roth,¹ the pole of a chariot in the epithet syūma-gabhasti, ‘having reins as a pole,’ used of the car of the gods in the Rigveda,² and independently in the plural in the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa.³ The meaning is, however, doubtful.⁴ Roth⁵ himself suggests that syūma-gabhasti may refer to a sort of double reins.