शफक (zaphaka)
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Vedic Reference
EnglishŚaphaka is the name of some plant in the Atharvaveda.^1 It
is also mentioned in the Āpastamba Śrauta Sūtra, ^2 where it
seems to denote an edible water plant or fruit, perhaps a water
nut. It may be so called from its leaves being shaped like
hoofs (Śapha).
1) iv. 34, 5.
2) ix. 14, 14.
Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 18, 138
Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 70
Whit-
ney, Translation of the Atharvaveda
207.
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