यूथ्य यूष

यूप

यूप [यु-पक् पृषोº दीर्घः; cf. Uṇ. 3. 27]
1 A sacrificial post (usually made of bamboo or Khadira wood) to which the victim is fastened at the time of immolation; अपेक्ष्यते साधुजनेन वै- दिकी श्मशानशूलस्य न यूपसत्क्रिया Ku. 5. 73; R. 1. 44.
2 A trophy.
−Comp.
−आहुतिः f. an oblation at the erection of the sacrificial post.
−कटकः a wooden ring at the top of the Yūpa.
−कर्णः that part of the Yūpa which is sprinkled with ghee. −द्रुः -द्रुप्तः the Khadira tree.
−ध्वजः the sacrifice personified.
−लक्ष्यः a bird. (?)
−व्रस्कः the cutter of the sacrificial post.

---