Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.222

v1.c3.s17.222

Tārpya denotes, in the Atharvaveda¹ and later,² a garment made of some material, the nature of which is uncertain. The commentators on the Kātyāyana Śrauta Sūtra and the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa³ suggest that a linen garment, or one thrice soaked in ghee, or one made of the *tṛpā* or of the *triparṇa* plant, is meant: it is doubtful whether the sense was known even to the author of the Brāhmaṇa himself. Goldstücker’s⁴ rendering of the word is ‘silken garment,’ which Eggeling⁵ is inclined to accept.⁶