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darvīṃ

Schlangenhaube

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Where it lives

  • Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 2 · 0.26/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. دَرثِ-

darvi- f, Löffel, Opferlöffel (RV +; auch ‘Schlangenhaube’, AV [vi-danya- ohne Schlangenhaube, GrSü], s. KEWA 111 732), darvi- f. dss. (Samh +; dazu AiGr IN 137, 157); pürna-darvan. Zeremonie mit einem vollen Löffel (Br +, GTSü darvaLöffel; AiGr II 1,118f.). - Mi., nu., ni., pä. dabbi- f. Löffel, usw. (TufAdd] 6206). - Zu daru-? Primär „*Holzlöffel“ (E. P. Hamp, I1J 22 [1980] 142; skeptisch AiGr H 2,916)? Dann aus … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. darvi-, p. 757]

2. دَرثِ

darvi f. ‘wooden ( cf. dru)’, a ladle, RV. v , x ; AV. ( voc. ve, iii, 10, 7 ; cf. Pāṇ. vii, 3, 109 , Vārtt. 2, Pat. )

3. دَرثِ

the hood of a snake ( cf. vidarvya), AV. x, 4, 13

4. darvī

darvī f. = vi, a ladle, VS. ii, 49 ( voc. vi; cf. Pāṇ. vii, 3, 109 , Vārtt. 2), Kauś. ; ĀśvGṛ. ; PārGṛ. ; Gobh. ; MBh. &c.

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Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. darvi (vol. 1, scan p. 757; entry #7222). Root candidates: *dova-.

Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.