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पैङ्गराज (paiGgarAja)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
पैङ्ग—राज॑
m.
a kind of bird,
VS.
Vedic Reference
English
Paiṅga-rāja is the name of one of the victims at the Aśva-
medha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās.^1 That a
bird is meant is certain, but what particular kind is quite
unknown.
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5, 13, 1
Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 14, 16
Vāja-
saneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 34. Cf. Zimmer,
Altindisches Leben, 99.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
पैङ्गराज
पु०
पक्षिभेदे यजु० २४ ३४ मा०