उरुकक्ष (urukakSa)
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Vedic Reference
EnglishUru-kakṣa occurs in only one passage of the Rigveda, ^1
where the sense of the word is much disputed. The reading
of the text is uruḥ kakṣo na gāṅgyaḥ, which may refer to a man,
Urukakṣa, ‘dwelling on the Ganges, ’^2 or to a man, son of
Gaṅgā, or to a wood so called, ^3 or may simply denote the
‘broad thicket on the Ganges.’^4
1) vi. 45, 31.
2) Grassmann
St. Petersburg Dic-
tionary. Cf. Macdonell, Vedic Grammar,
291.
3) Ludwig's translation (der wald Uru-
kakṣa, or das weite dickicht).
4) Weber, Episches im vedischen Ritual,
28, n. 5
Oldenberg, Ṛgveda-Noten, 1, 396.
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