Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s10.207

v2.c4.s10.207

Hrūḍu is a word of unknown meaning applied to Takman in the Atharvaveda.¹ It is variously spelled in the manuscript as hruḍa, hūḍu, rūḍu, and so forth; the Paippalāda recension reads huḍu, ‘ram.’ Henry² has conjectured that the word is the equivalent of a proto-Semitic ḥarūḍu, ‘gold’ (Assyrian huraçu and Hebrew ḥarūṣ), while Halévy³ suggests that it may be the Greek χλωρός, ‘greenish-yellow’; but both conjectures are highly improbable.⁴ Weber⁵ thinks ‘cramp’ is meant.