Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.698

v1.c3.s21.698

2. Pastyā-vant occurs in one passage of the Rigveda¹ in the locative parallel with Suṣoma, Śaryaṇāvant, and Ārjika. It must apparently denote a place, as Pischel² argues, probably corresponding to the locality ‘in the middle of the streams’ (*madhye pastyānām*), elsewhere³ referred to as the home of Soma. Pischel⁴ suggests that Patiāla is meant, though he does not lay any stress on the similarity of name. In the north of Patiāla there are hills where the Soma might have grown. Roth⁵ thought that something connected with the Soma press was meant.