Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.353

v1.c3.s21.353

Padi is found in the Rigveda,¹ where, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, the word probably designates some kind of animal. Yāska² explains it as equivalent to *gantu*, ‘a moving creature,’ but Durga³ as meaning ‘bird.’ The passage may refer to catching the Padi in a net (? *mukṣijā*).⁴