Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1315
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1315
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v2.c4.s9.1315
Sveda-ja, ‘born of sweat’—that is, ‘engendered by hot moisture’—is used in the Aitareya Upaniṣad (iii. 3, 3) as a term designating a class of creatures comprising vermin of all sorts. The Mānava Dharma Śāstra (i. 45) explains it as ‘flies, mosquitos, lice, bugs, and so forth.’