Darvī
Darvī · darvī, “the ladle”
Grammar: feminine noun: a ladle.
Meaning: the ladle of the yajña, one of the yajña vessels.
In the scriptures: the Madhyama Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, in its account of the yajña vessels, gives the darvī with its materials and measures (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 19–21).
- The darvī should be made of gold or copper.
- A wooden darvī is made of gambhārī, tendū or a milk-bearing tree, twelve aṅgulas long, with a lower maṇḍala (bowl) of two aṅgulas. It is useful in carrying out a yajña.
- The copper darvī for making pāyasa weighs forty tolas, with a maṇḍala of five aṅgulas and a length of eight hāthas.
- For purifying the ājya there is a copper darvī of ten tolas.
- In its absence, a darvī of pippala wood is made, sixteen aṅgulas in measure.
Related terms: Sruvā · Sruk · Ājya · Pāyasa
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 19–21