Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.280
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.280
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v1.c3.s17.280
Tilvaka is mentioned in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ as a tree (Symplocos racemosa), near which it is inauspicious to construct a grave. The adjectival derivative tailvaka, ‘made of the wood of the Tilvaka,’ is found in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā,² and is employed to describe the yūpa, or sacrificial post, in the Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.³
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- Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit
- Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit