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वार्कलि (vArkali)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वा॑र्कलि
m.
metron.
fr.
वृकला,
ŚBr.
(cf. g. बाह्व्-आदि).
Vedic Reference
English
Vārkali, ‘descendant of Vṛkalā, is the metronymic of a
teacher in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.^1 The name in the form
of Vārkalin has been seen in the Aitareya Āraṇyaka, ^2 but
wrongly.
1) xii. 3, 2, 6.
2) iii. 2, 2, and Keith's note
Śāṅkh-
āyana Āraṇyaka, viii. 2. Cf. Weber,
Indian Literature, 33, 123, who thinks
Vārkali is equivalent to Vāṣkali.