apaskambha

apaskambha apa-skambha, as, m. Ved. fasten-

ing, making firm.

apa-skambhá as, m. fastening, making firm, AV. iv, 6, 4.

accord. to some, ‘the tearing [arrow]’, AV. iv, 6, 4.

apaskambhá (von skambh mit apa) m. Befestigung (vielleicht der Pfeilspitze an den Schaft): àpàskàmbhasyâ śàlyānnirâvocamàhaṃ vìṣam AV. 4, 6, 4.

apaskambhá m. Befestigung.

Apa-skambha. — The word occurs only in one passage of the

Atharvaveda, where the tip of it is mentioned as poisoned.

Roth¹ suggests that the fastening of the arrow-point to the

shaft is meant. Whitney² inclines to this version, but suggests

corruption of text. Zimmer³ follows Roth. Ludwig⁴ renders

the word by ‘barb.’ Bloomfield⁵ thinks it means ‘tearing

(arrow),’ a sense deduced from the etymology. [Footnote] 1) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.

The passage is Av. iv. 6, 4. [Footnote] 2) Translation of the Atharvaveda,

153. [Footnote] 3) Altindisches Leben, 300. [Footnote] 4) Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 512. [Footnote] 5) Hymns of the Atharvaveda, 375.