Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.257

v1.c3.s4.257

Uru-kakṣa occurs in only one passage of the Rigveda,¹ where the sense of the word is much disputed. The reading of the text is uruḥ kakṣo na gāṅgyaḥ, which may refer to a man, Urukakṣa, ‘dwelling on the Ganges,’² or to a man, son of Gaṅgā, or to a wood so called,³ or may simply denote the ‘broad thicket on the Ganges.’⁴