पल्पूलन (palpUlana)
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Vedic Reference
EnglishPalpūlana is found in the Atharvaveda^1 and the Taittirīya
Saṃhitā^2 apparently meaning, properly, ‘lye, ’ or water impreg-
nated with some biting substance for washing clothes. In the
Atharvan passage urine seems to be meant.^3 The verb palpū-
laya, ‘to wash with alkaline water, ’ occurs in the Taittirīya
Saṃhitā^2 and the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa
^4 and the Sūtras refer
to hides (carman)^5 and garments^6 so washed. Cf. also Vāsaḥ-
palpūlī.
1) xii. 4, 9. Cf. Kauśika Sūtra, xi. 16.
2) ii. 5, 5, 6.
3) Whitney, Translation of the Athar-
vaveda, 695. Cf. Bloomfield, Hymns of
the Atharvaveda, 74, 175.
2) ii. 5, 5, 6.
4) i. 3, 5, 2. 3.
5) Kauśika Sūtra, 67.
6) Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, iii. 8,
12. Cf. Baudhāyana Dharma Sūtra.
i. 6, 13, 15
Böhtlingk, Dictionary, s.v.
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