Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.1360

v2.c4.s7.1360

Vyadhvara, ‘perforating,’ designates a worm in one passage of the Atharvaveda,¹ where there seems to be no good reason to alter the reading to Vyadvara, though Whitney² thinks that it may rather be connected with vi-adhvan³ than with the root vyadh, ‘pierce.’⁴ The term occurs with Maśaka, ‘fly,’ in the Hiraṇyakeśi Gṛhya Sūtra,⁵ and perhaps also in another passage of the Atharvaveda,⁶ where, however, both Whitney⁷ and Śaṅkar Paṇḍit read Vyadvara.