Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.106

v1.c3.s17.106

Tarku, ‘spindle,’ is known only in Vedic literature from the mention of it in Yāska’s Nirukta (ii. 1) as an example of the transposition of letters, the word being derived, according to him, from the root kart, ‘to spin.’