Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.487

v1.c3.s17.487

Tauvilikā, occurring once in a hymn of the Atharvaveda,¹ is a word of quite uncertain sense. Roth² thinks it means some kind of beast; Zimmer³ and Whitney⁴ regard it as a sort of plant; Sāyaṇa explains it as a disease-causing demon, while Bloomfield⁵ leaves the sense doubtful.