Pressing stones
object · 2 works · 8 mentions · 9 anchored passages
pressing-stones · stones · the pressing-stones · grāvan · grāvāṇaḥ · mountain-stones · pressing stones · stones shaken in the hands · the grāvan · the pressing stones
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Rigveda
The stones used to press the soma plant, a recurring ritual implement.
Agni is appointed hotar in the recitation, the pressing-stones and sacred grass at the sacrifice;
May the speaking pressing-stone here, resonant with the soma-sound, draw you — commanded by yonder heaven, go to heaven, O nourisher by day.
Thee, the most easy to find a place with among the places of men, we invoke — like the pressing-stone, not [like one who rides] on the horse's back, with generosity.
Sāmaveda
The stones used to press the soma plant for the ritual drink.
the pressing stones and sacred grass are in the sacrifice.
O Bull, toward you I pour the pressed soma upon the pressing-stones for your drinking — be satisfied, spread your exhilaration wide.