avakā

avakā avakā, f. a grassy plant growing in

marshy land, Blyxa Octandra Rich; otherwise called

Śaivāla. —Avakāda (°kā-ada), as, ā, am, Ved. eat-

ing the plant Blyxa Oct. R. —Avakolba (°kā-ul°),

as, ā, am, covered or surrounded with Avakā plants.

ávakā, f. grassy swamp-plant, Blyxa octandra Richard.

avakā A grassy plant(śaivāla) growing in marshy land.

Comp.

— ada a. eating moss.

— ulba a. covered or surrounded with avakā plants.

ávakā f. (g. kṣipakādi, q.v.) id., VS.; TS.; ŚBr. &c.

avakā A grassy plant (śaivāla) growing in marshy land. -Comp. -ada a. eating moss. -ulba a. covered or surrounded with avakā plants.

ávakā f. gaṇa kṣipakādi, eine grasähnliche Sumpfpflanze, Blyxa octandra Rich., sonst gewöhnlich śaivāla genannt. VS. 17, 4. 25, 1. ŚAT. BR. 7, 5, 1, 11. 8, 3, 2, 5. 9, 1, 2, 20. 22. 13, 8, 3, 13. garteṣvavakāṃ śīpālamityavadhāpayet ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2, 8 (hier und 4, 4 ist die Glosse śīpālamiti = śaivālam zur Erklär. des später ungebräuchlichen Namens eingeschaltet). KĀTY. ŚR. 17, 4, 28. 9, 4. 18, 2, 20. u.s.w. KAUŚ. 40. Vgl. MAHĪDH. zu VS. 17, 4.

avakā TS. 5, 4, 2, 1. 4, 3.

ávakā f. Blyxa_octandra Rich.

avakā strī ava—grahaṇe karmmaṇi kvun kṣipakā0 na ittvam .
śaivāle “tadṛtuṃ karotyavakāmupadadhāti avakābhiḥ pracchā-
dayati āpovā vā avakāḥ” śata0 brā0 “aratnimātre'-
ṣāḍhāṃ dakṣiṇenāvakāsūpariṣṭācca” kātyā0 17, 4, 28
“avakāsu śaivāleṣu karka0 . “maṇḍūkāvakāvetasaśākhāveṇau
badghāvakarṣati” kā0 1, 2, 10, .

Avakā is an aquatic plant (Blyxa octandra) frequently re-

ferred to in the Atharvaveda as well as in the later Saṃhitās²

and Brāhmaṇas.³ The Gandharvas are said to eat it.⁴ Its later

name is śaivala, and it is identical with the Śīpāla.

1) viii. 7, 9; 37, 8-10.

5) With which it is glossed in Āśval-

āyana Gṛhya Sūtra, ii. 8; iv. 4. Cf.

Bloomfield, Proceedings of the American

Oriental Society, October, 1890, xli.-xliii.;

American Journal of Philology, 11, 349;

Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 71. [Footnote] 2) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, iv. 6, 1, 1; v. 4,

2, 1; 4, 3; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xvii. 4;

xxv. 1; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, ii. 10, 1. [Footnote] 3) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, vii. 5, 1, 11;

viii. 3, 2, 5; ix. 1, 2, 20. 22; xiii. 8,

3, 13. [Footnote] 4) Av. iv. 37, 8.