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barhiś

n

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. بَرهِس-

barhis- n. Streu, Opferstreu, hingestreutes Lager aus Kusa-Gras auf dem Opferplatz (RV +); barhisäd- auf der Opferstreu 214 barhiz- sitzend (RV +; °his-s°, AiGr I 342, II 1,125), barhismantmit der Opferstreu verbunden (RV +), barhisya- zur Opferstreu gehörig (RV +); hierher upabarhana- n. Polster, Kissen, Unterlage {RV +; °ni- f. dss., RV 1,174,7). - Pä. barihisan. Opferstreu. - lir., jav. barazis- n. Kissen, … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. barhis-, p. 243]

2. barhiṣ

barhiṣ in comp. for his.

3. بَرهِس

barhis n. (rarely m. ) ‘that which is plucked up’, sacrificial grass, a bed or layer of Kuśa grass (usually strewed over the sacrificial ground and esp. over the Vedi , to serve as a sacred surface on which to present the oblations, and as a seat for the gods and for the sacrificers), RV. &c. &c.

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  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. barhis (vol. 2, scan pp. 243-244; entry #2183).

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