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यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Uṣṭi, Uṣṭra.--Both of these words, of which the former is quite rare, must have the same sense. Roth and Aufrecht hold that in the Rigveda and the Brāhmaṇas the sense is ‘humped bull’ or ‘buffalo,’ but the former thinks that in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā the sense is doubtful, and ‘camel’ may be meant. Hopkins is decidedly of opinion that the sense in every case is ‘camel.’ The animal was used as a beast of burden yoked in fours.