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कण्टकीकारी (kaNTakIkArI)

 
Vedic Reference
English
Kaṇṭakī-kārī, ‘worker in thorns, is one of the victims at
the human sacrifice (Puruṣamedha) in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, ^1
No doubt the thorns were cut up and used to plait mats (Kaṭa)
or to stuff cushions.
1) xxx. 8. The Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 4, 5, 1, has kaṇṭaka-kāra. Cf. Zimmer,
Altindisches Leben, 255.