Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.897

v2.c4.s4.897

Meṣa denotes ‘ram’ in the Rigveda¹ and later,² while Meṣī means ‘sheep.’³ Both words are also used to denote the ‘wool’⁴ of the sheep, especially as employed for the Soma filter. A wild (*āraṇya*) ram is mentioned in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā.⁵