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प्रक्ष (prakSa)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
1. प्रक्ष॑
m.
 (for प्लक्ष॑, to explain an etymology),
TS.
2. प्रक्ष
mfn.
 in वन-प्रक्ष॑ v.l. for -क्रक्ष॑,
SV.
in नागराजसम-प्र्° w.r. for नागराडिव दुष्-प्रेक्ष्यः,
MBh.
Vedic Reference
English
Prakṣa is the form in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā^1 of the usual
name, Plakṣa, of a tree, being merely a phonetic alteration for
the sake of the etymology. According to Aufrecht, ^2 the same
word is found in two passages of the Sāmaveda, ^3 the same
reading occurring in the Aitareya Āraṇyaka.^4 Oldenberg, ^5
however, questions the correctness of the reading Prakṣa,
both in the latter passage and in the Sāmaveda.
1) vi. 3, 10, 2.
2) Rigveda, 2, xlvi. n.
3) i. 444
ii. 465.
4) v. 2, 2, with Keith's notes.
5) Ṛgveda-Noten, 1, 344.
Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 59.