Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.534

v1.c3.s20.534

Ni-nāhya denotes in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (iii. 9, 2, 8) a ‘water jar,’ so called, according to the commentator, because it was buried in the ground.¹ Eggeling² explains it as ‘a vessel or cistern dug into the ground for keeping water cool.’