मधुकशा (madhukazA)

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Capeller Eng

English

 मधुकशा॑ f.
  honey-whip (myth.).

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 मधु—कशा॑ f.
  ‘whip of sweetness’,  a kind of whip or lash belonging to the Aśvins with which they are said to sweeten the Soma juice (afterwards,  a symbol of plenty),  RV.
  
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Vedic Reference

English

 Madhu-kaśā, ^1 or Madhoḥ Kasā, ^2 is the name in the Rigveda
of the Aśvins’ ‘honey-whip, ’ by which they impart sweetness to
the sacrifice. Roth^3 ingeniously conjectures that the idea was
derived from an instrument provided with thongs for whipping
milk,  a ‘milk-whip.’
1) Rv. i. 22,  3
 157,  4,  Av. x. 7,  19
Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa,  xxi. 10,  12.
2) Av. ix. 1,  5.
3) St. Petersburg Dictionary,  s.v.

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