पित्व (pitva)
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Abhyankara Grammar
Englishपित्व the same as पित्करण. See पित्करण and पित्.
Vedic Reference
EnglishPitva^1 or Pidva^2 is the name of an animal included in
the list of victims at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the
Yajurveda Saṃhitās. According to the commentator on the
Taittirīya Saṃhitā^1 it means ‘lion.’ But it may be identical
with Petva.
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5, 17, 1.
2) Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 14, 13
Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 32. Cf.
Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 79
Bloom-
field, Journal of the American Oriental
Society, 29, 290.
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5, 17, 1.
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