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Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s3: Ī

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s3

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Ī

v1.c3.s3.1

Īṣā denotes the ‘pole of a chariot.’ Normally the chariot had one pole (ekeṣaḥ),¹ but sometimes two poles are referred to.² The word is often³ compounded with Yuga, ‘yoke,’ into which it was fastened (see Kha), and tied with ropes.⁴ Exactly how it was attached to the chariot we do not know.⁵ See also Ratha.

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¹ Rv. x. 135, 3; iii. 53, 17; viii. 5, 29; Av. viii. 8, 23.

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² Cf. Av. ii. 8, 4; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, i. 1, 2, 12 (īṣā-yugāni, but in iii. 9, 4, 3 dual); Kātyāyana Śrauta Sūtra, vii. 9, 14, etc.

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³ Av., loc. cit., etc.

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⁴ Rv. x. 60, 8. Cf. iii. 6, 6.

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⁵ Vāṇī in Rv. i. 119, 5 is taken by Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 249, to refer to the front part of the chariot, but it seems simply to be ‘voice.’

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