Re: [tied] Sanskrit question

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

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> --- "A." <xthanex@...> wrote:
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> > Greetings all, just delurking again for one quick
> > question:
> >
> > I have come across the term "ukkhishta" in the
> > Atharva Veda.
> >
> > Most importantly, could anyone give a
> > definition/translation?
> >
> > If anyone could suggest an etymology that would also
> > be incredibly
> > appreciated!
>
> What copy are you using? What's the exact location?
> It might be a later corruption of uks.itá- 'sprinkled,
> moistened' < uks.- which might possibly be from *wègW+
> (which I recently talked about slightly).

Sean,

I am using Max Muller's translation, hymn 11.7 - Apotheosis of the
ukkhishta.

u-kkh(italicized)-ish-t(italicized)-a

Again, my thanks!
-Aydan