Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.398
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.398
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v1.c3.s20.398
Nāpita, ‘barber,’ is mentioned in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ and later.² But the older word is Vaptr,³ a derivative of vap, ‘shave,’ with forms of which verb shaving is referred to as early as the Rigveda.⁴ The dead were shaved before burial.⁵