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भूमिदुन्दुभि (bhUmidundubhi)

 
Capeller Eng
English
भूमिदुन्दुभि॑
m.
 earth-drum (a pit in the ground
covered with a skin)
Monier Williams Cologne
English
भूमि—दुन्दुभि॑
m.
 ‘earth-drum’, a pit or hole in the earth covered over with skins,
TS.
Br.
&c.
Vedic Reference
English
Bhūmi-dundubhi, ‘earth drum, ’ denotes a pit covered with a
hide used at the Mahāvrata rite, and mentioned in the Saṃ-
hitās^1 and the Brāhmaṇas.^2
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, vii. 5, 9, 3
Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xxxiv. 5.
2) Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, v. 5, 19
Aitareya Āraṇyaka, v. 1, 5.
Cf. Keith, Aitareya Āraṇyaka, 277, n. 14.