Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.171
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.171
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v1.c3.s4.171
Upara, which, according to Pischel,¹ means ‘stone’ in general, is the technical name of the stone on which the Soma plant was laid in order to be pounded for the extraction of the juice by other stones (adri, grāvan). The word is rare, occurring only thrice in the Rigveda,² and once in the Atharvaveda.³