Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.741

v1.c3.s21.741

Pātra, primarily a ‘drinking vessel’ (from pā, ‘to drink’) denotes a vessel generally both in the Rigveda¹ and later.² It was made either of wood³ or clay.⁴ In some passages⁵ the word is, according to Roth, used to indicate a measure. The feminine Pātrī occasionally occurs⁶ in the sense of ‘vessel.’