Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1352

v2.c4.s7.1352

Vyacha in go-vyacha, the name of one of the victims at the Puruṣamedha (‘human sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda,¹ is of uncertain signification. According to Sāyaṇa,² the compound denotes a ‘driver out of cows.’ Perhaps it means a ‘tormentor of cows,’ as the St. Petersburg Dictionary takes it. Weber³ renders it as ‘knacker of cows,’ Eggeling as ‘one who approaches cows.’