Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.824

v2.c4.824

Proṣṭha, denoting perhaps a ‘bench,’ is found in the Rigveda¹ in the adjective proṣṭhaśaya, ‘lying on a bench,’ used of women, and uncompounded in the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa.² In the first passage it is distinguished from Talpa and Vahya, but what the exact difference was there is not sufficient evidence to show.