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Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s6.60

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s6.60

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v2.c4.s6.60

Lopā is mentioned in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā,¹ where Sāyaṇa explains it as a kind of bird, perhaps the carrion crow (*śmaśāna-śakuni*).