Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s10.47
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s10.47
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v2.c4.s10.47
Halikṣṇa¹ or Halikṣṇa² is mentioned as one of the victims at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās. The commentator Mahīdhara³ thinks that it is a kind of lion, Sāyaṇa⁴ that a green Caṭaka bird or a lion (*tṛṇa-himsa*)⁵ is meant. In the Atharvaveda⁶ Halikṣṇa seems to be some particular intestine, but Weber⁷ thinks it may mean ‘gall.’