Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.73

v1.c3.s12.73

Khṛgala, or, as the Paippalāda recension of the Atharvaveda¹ has it, Khugila, is an obscure expression found in two passages only—once in the Rigveda,² and once in the Atharvaveda.¹ In the former the meaning ‘crutch’ seems required; in the latter Sāyaṇa glosses it by ‘armour’ (tanu-trāṇa), but the sense is quite uncertain.