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अथरी (atharI)

 
Capeller Eng
English
अथरी॑
f.
 point (of an arrow).
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अथरि॑, इस् or अथरी॑,
f.
 (said to be
fr.
 √ अत्, to go, or
fr.
 an obsolete √ अथ्), flame [Gmn.
‘the point of an arrow or of a lance’,
NBD.
‘finger’,
Naigh.
 ],
RV.
 iv, 6, 8.
अथरी॑ (accord. to some) an elephant,
RV.
 iv, 6, 8.
Goldstucker
English
अथरी f. (occurs only as a plural in the Vedas
-र्यः) The
finger. E. This word is given as an irregular derivation
from अत् ‘to go constantly’
but it is more probable that
it is derived, with aff. अरि, from an obsolete rad. अथ्
which seems to have had the same meaning as अत् (cf.
अट् and अठ्), but is found only in अथरी, अथर्वन् and their
derivatives, implying quickness or agility. The same etymo-
logical connexion between words meaning ‘finger’ and ‘fire’
may be perceived in other derivations from a radical in the
sense of ‘to go’ f. i. in अङ्गुलि or अङ्गुरि, अग्रू and अग्नि, अङ्गिरस्,
from अङ्ग्. It reappears distinctly in the denom. अथर्य् and
its derivatives अथर्य, अथर्यु qq. vv.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
अथरी꣡ , vgl. Pischel, Ved. Studien I, 99 ff.
Vedic Reference
English
Atharī. — This word occurs only in the Rigveda, ^1 and the
sense is doubtful. Roth, ^2 followed by most interpreters,
renders it ‘point of a lance, ’ but Pischel^3 thinks that it means
‘an elephant.’
1) iv. 6, 8.
2) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.
3) Vedische Studien, 1, 99.
Grassman
German
atharī́, f., Flamme (von athar, s. d. folg.).
-ías {302, 8}.