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स्थिवि (sthivi)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
स्थिवि॑
m.
(prob.) a bushel (others ‘an ear’) of grain,
RV.
x, 68, 3
=
सीमा,
L.
Monier Williams 1872
English
स्थिवि स्थिवि, see Ṛg-veda X. 68, 3, (ac-
cording to Sāy. स्थिविभ्यः apparently = कुसीदे-
भ्यः, but the MS. is doubtful.)
Macdonell
English
स्थिवि sthiví,
m.
winnowing basket (RV.¹): 🞄-mát,
a.
provided with winnowing baskets 🞄(RV.¹).
Vedic Reference
English
Sthivi occurs once (used in the plural) in the Rigveda, ^1
probably meaning ‘bushel.’ The word is also found once in
the adjective sthivimant, ^2 ‘provided with bushels.’
1) x. 68, 3.
2) Rv. x. 27, 15. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 238.
Grassman
German
sthiví, m., etwa Aehre des Getreides oder (BR.) Scheffel.
-íbhyas [Ab.] párvatebhyas nís gā́s ūpe yávam iva {894, 3}.