Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.357

v2.c4.357

Peśitṛ is the name of one of the victims at the Puruṣamedha (‘human sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda.¹ The sense is quite uncertain. The word is rendered by the St. Petersburg Dictionary and by Weber² as ‘one who cuts in pieces,’ a ‘carver,’ but Sāyaṇa³ thinks that it means one who causes an enmity which has been lulled to rest to break out again.