Lexicon

of Rig Veda

hāridrava, haridrava

The meaning of the word is not reliably known. The dictionary value (Monier-Williams and Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary): some yellow bird; green fluid. Sayana: haridala tree. In Griffith's notes: yellow vegetable powder. In the book Robert Yelle. Semiotics of Religion: Signs of the Sacred in History: Motacolla citreola, Wellow-headed Wadtail [Citrine W.], Bergeronnette citrine etc. DDSA: (The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary): 1) a green fluid; 2) powder of the blossoms of the nāgakeśara tree. Haridrava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hari, horce, and drava, riding, running etc. Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary: The pollen of the blossoms of the Mesua ferrea. Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary: A tree, Curcuma canthorizon, Chr. 289, 12 = [Rigveda.] i. 50, 12.