Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.202
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.202
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v1.c3.s17.202
Tābuva is the name in the Atharvaveda¹ of a remedy against snake poison. The Paippalāda recension has Tāvuca instead. Weber² thinks that the original form was Tāthuva, from the root *sthā*, ‘stand,’ and that it meant ‘stopping’; but this is hardly probable.³