पस्त्या

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Monier-Williams

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

पस्त्या f. See. below.

पस्त्या f. homestead , dwelling , household (also pl. ) RV.

पस्त्या f. du. the 2 halves of the सोम-press ib. x , 96 , 10

पस्त्या f. sg. the goddess of domestic affairs ib. iv , 55 , 3 ; viii , 27 , 5.

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

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

Pastyā (fem. pl.) is a word occurring in several passages of the Rigveda. Roth ascribes to it the meaning of ‘house’ or ‘dwelling,’ in the wide sense of the term, as well as that of the ‘family’ living in the house; and this view is accepted by Zimmer. On the other hand, Pischel finds in two of the passages usually referred to Pastyā the neuter Pastya, which appears in Pastya-sad and in Pastyā-vant (where the length of the second syllable is not primitive¤), and which is certainly found in the Rigveda in the metaphorical sense of ‘dwelling,’ ascribed to it in the Naighaṇṭuka. In the other passages he thinks the word means ‘rivers’ or ‘waters’; in particular, where Soma in the middle of the Pastyās is spoken of, the sees a reference to Kurukṣetra, with its several rivers, Āpayā, Dṛṣadvatī, and Sarasvatī (cf. 2. Pastyāvant). In some passages he sees in Pastyā the proper name of a stream, just as Sindhu primarily means ‘river,’ then the ‘Indus.’