Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c5.56

v2.c5.56

Praṣṭi is considered by Bloomfield¹ to refer to a horse yoked in front to guide the team, a sense clearly occurring in some places, and to be derived from *pra* and *as*, ‘be,’ as in Upasti. The word is usually² considered to be connected with *parśu*, ‘rib.’