उपमन्थनी (upamanthanI)
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Spoken Sanskrit
Englishउपमन्थनी - upamanthanI - - above
उपमन्थनी - upamanthanI - - staff for stirring
Apte
Englishउपमन्थनी [upamanthanī], A staff for stirring
औदुम्बर्या उपमन्थन्यौ Bṛi. 6.3.13.
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Apte Hindi
Hindiउपमन्थनी
- उप+मन्थ्+ल्युट्+ङीप्
अग्नि को उद्दीप्त करने वाली लकड़ी
Vedic Reference
EnglishUpa-manthanī is used in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad^1 to
denote ‘churning sticks.’ In the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā^2 the
‘churner’ (upamanthitṛ) is included in the list of victims at the
human sacrifice (puruṣamedha), and the verb upa-manth is often
used of churning or mixing fluids.^3
1) vi. 3, 13.
2) xxx. 12
Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii.
4, 8, 1.
3) Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, i. 6, 8, 4. 5
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, ii. 6, 1, 6
Chān-
dogya Upaniṣad, v. 2, 4.
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