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क्वयी (kvayI)

 
Vedic Reference
English
Kvayī is the name of some species of bird in the Yajurveda, ^1
occurring in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha, or horse
sacrifice. The form in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā^2 is Kuvaya.
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5, 17, 1
Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 29.
2) iii. 14, 18.
Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 99