Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.119

v1.c3.s4.119

Upa-kvasa is the name in the Atharvaveda (vi. 50, 2) of a noxious insect injurious to seed. Sāyaṇa, however, reads the word as a plural adjective (*a-pakvasaḥ* = *a-dagdhāḥ*), but the Paippalāda recension supports the form *upakvasaḥ*.