Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s5.83

v2.c4.s5.83

The horses were tied by the neck (grīvā), where the yoke was placed, and also at the shoulder, presumably by traces fastened to a bar of wood at right angles to the pole, or fastened to the ends of the pole, if that is to be regarded, as it probably should, as of triangular shape, wide at the foot and coming to a point at the tip.¹³ The traces seem to be denoted by Raśmi and Raśanā. These words also denote the ‘reins,’ which were fastened to the bit (perhaps śiprā) in the horse’s mouth. The driver controlled the horses by reins, and urged them on with a whip (Kaśā).¹⁴ The girths of the horse were called Kakṣyā.¹⁵