adhiṣavaṇa

adhiṣavaṇa Tatpur. n. (-ṇam) (ved.) The name of two wooden

boards, on which the juice of the Soma plant was expressed

and where the Somābhiṣava (q. v.) was placed, in sacrifices

as the Jyotiṣṭoma or those sharing in the principal rites

of it. E. sū with adhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

adhiṣávaṇa a. fit for pressing (the Soma); n. the Soma-press.

adhiṣavaṇa adhi-ṣávaṇa, a. suitable for
pressing; n. Soma-press.

adhi-ṣávaṇa n. (generally used in the dual), hand-press for extracting and straining the Soma juice

adhi-ṣávaṇa mfn. used for extracting and straining the Soma juice.

adhiṣávaṇa (von su, sunoti mit adhi)

1) adj. zum Pressen und Seihen (des Soma) dienend: adhiṣavaṇe phàlake ŚAT. BR. 3, 5, 3, 22. adhiṣavaṇaṃ carmādhiṣavaṇe phalake AIT. BR. 7, 33. adhiṣavaṇacarma NIR. 2, 5.

— 2) n. Presse, namentlich die zwei Theile der einfachsten Presse, Deckel und Trog, von welchen der letztere durchlöchert sein musste; sie heissen bei den Commentt. phalake, in den Liedern camvau . Du. adhiṣavaṇe VS. 18, 21. ŚAT. BR. 3, 9, 4, 1. 14, 9, 4, 3. BṚH. ĀR. UP. 6, 4, 3. àṃśūnîvà grāvā̂dhìṣavàṇe 'dhrîrgàvyaṃ dûndùbhe 'dhî nṛtyà vedâḥ AV. 5, 20, 10. KĀTY. ŚR. 8, 5, 25. 9, 4, 1. 22, 3, 12.

— 3) n. = adhiṣavaṇaṃ carma ŚAT. BR. 3, 5, 3, 22. KĀTY. ŚR. 8, 5, 26.

(adhi-ṣávaṇa) , n., die Presse; AV. u. s. w., davon

adhiṣávaṇa

— 1) Adj. zum Pressen (des Soma) dienend.

— 2) n.

— a) Presse , namentlich Du. die beiden Theile derselben: der Deckel und der durchlöcherte Trog.

— b) das Fell , auf welchem der ausgepresste Soma-Saft läuft.

adhiṣávaṇa zum Pressen das Soma dienlich; n. Somapresse.

adhiṣavaṇa na0 adhiṣūyate somaḥ yatra adhi + ṣū abhiṣave
ādhāre lyuṭ . somābhiṣavasādhanacarmmādipātre . “aṃśū-
niva grāvābhiṣavaṇe” iti vedaḥ . bhāve lyuṭ . abhiṣave .

Adhi-ṣavaṇa. — The two Adhiṣavaṇas¹ are usually understood,

as by Roth² and Zimmer,³ to designate the two boards between

which the Soma was pressed. Hillebrandt,⁴ however, shows

from the ritual that the boards were not placed one over the

other, but were placed one behind the other, the two serving

as a foundation upon which the Soma was pressed by a stone.

This theory seems to account best for the etymological sense

of the name ‘over-press,’ as well as for the use of the word as

an adjective (‘used for pressing upon’). But according to the

procedure as witnessed by Haug⁵ in the Deccan, the shoots of

the plant are first placed on the skin, one of the boards being

then laid over them and pounded with a stone. The shoots

are then taken out and placed upon the board, the second

board being then laid over them. [Footnote] 1) Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xviii. 21;

Av. v. 20, 10; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,

iii. 9, 4, 1; 5, 3, 22 (adhiṣavaṇe

phalake); Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, vii. 32

(adhiṣavaṇaṃ carma, ‘the skin upon

which the pressing takes place’;

adhiṣavaṇe phalake, ‘the boards on

which the pressing takes place,’

etc.). [Footnote] 2) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v. [Footnote] 3) Altindisches Leben, 277. [Footnote] 4) Vedische Mythologie, 1, 148 et seq. [Footnote] 5) See Haug, Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, 2,

p. 488, n. 10.