Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.149

v2.c4.149

Presumably because of its likeness in shape to the flower of the lotus, the bowl of the ladle is called Puṣkara, perhaps already in the Rigveda,⁶ and certainly in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa.⁷ Moreover, according to the Nirukta,⁸ Puṣkara means ‘water,’ a sense actually found in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.⁹