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Entry यूप
यूपyūpaA sacrificial post (usually made of bamboo or Khadira wood) to which the victim is fastened at the time of…
[यु-पक् पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedदीर्घः; Compare Uṇ.3.27]
A sacrificial post (usually made of bamboo or Khadira wood) to which the victim is fastened at the time of immolation; अपेक्ष्यते साधुजनेन वैदिकी श्मशानशूलस्य न यूपसत्क्रिया Ku.5.73; ग्रामेष्वात्मविसृष्टेषु यूपचिह्नेषु यज्वनाम् R.1.44.
A trophy.
Derived forms and compounds
-आहुतिःFeminine 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.
-कर्मन्यायः the rule according to which the उत्कर्ष or अपकर्ष of some detail belonging solely to the विकृति will be restricted to that particular detail alone, so that the तदादितदन्तन्याय will not apply in that case. This is discussed and established by जैमिनि and शबर in MS.5.1.27.
-द्रुः, -द्रुमः the Khadira tree.
-द्विपः, -हस्तिन्Adjective cloth wrapped round the sacrificial post in certain rites; मीमांसामांसलप्रज्ञास्तां यूपद्विपदापिनीम्Name17.61.
