Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.867

v2.c4.s4.867

Methi is found in the Atharvaveda¹ denoting ‘post.’ The word is also found in the marriage ritual,² when the sense is, according to the St. Petersburg Dictionary, a post to support the pole of a chariot. In one passage of the Rigveda it is perhaps used of posts forming a palisade.³ In the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa⁴ it appears in the form of Methī to denote the post to which the sacrificial cow is tied. The word is very variously spelt, Medhi and Meṭhī also being found.