Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.228

v1.c3.s4.228

Upānasa is in the Atharvaveda¹ opposed to Akṣa, and must mean something like ‘the body of the wagon,’ though Sāyaṇa suggests that it signifies either a ‘granary’ or a ‘wagon full of grain.’ In the Rigveda,² where the word occurs only once, its sense is doubtful. Pischel³ explains the form which occurs there not as an adjective, but as an infinitive.