Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.696
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.696
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v2.c4.696
Prācīna-vamśa as an adjective denotes ‘having the supporting beam of the roof facing the east’ in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ and the Yajurveda Saṃhitās.² The reference is to the central beam running from the middle of the western end of a hall to the middle of the eastern end. This beam was possibly higher than those at the side.