Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.201

v1.c3.s4.201

Upa-staraṇa denotes in the description of the couch (Paryaṅka) in the Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad¹ a ‘coverlet,’ and has this sense, used metaphorically, in the Rigveda² also. In the Atharvaveda³ it seems to have the same meaning. Whitney,⁴ however, renders it ‘couch,’ though he translates⁵ the parallel word Āstaraṇa in another passage⁶ by ‘cushion.’