Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.225

v2.c4.s2.225

Bekurā occurs in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa,¹ where it may mean ‘voice’ or ‘sound,’ the sense assigned to the word in the Naighaṇṭuka.² It is, however, possibly, like Bakura, the name of a musical instrument. In the Taittirīya³ and the Kāṭhaka⁴ Saṃhitās the words Bekuri and Vekuri occur as epithets of Apsarases, or celestial nymphs, meaning, perhaps, ‘melodious’; in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā⁵ and the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa⁶ the variations Bhakuri and Bhākuri are found.