Ūshmapa
Ūshmapa · ūshma-pa, “those who drink the heat”
Grammar: masculine noun; a compound of ūshma (heat) and pa (drinking).
Meaning: a class of pitṛs.
In the scriptures: the Uttara Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa says that the worshipper puts the yajñopavīta on the right shoulder, sits with the left knee on the ground, and with bhakti does tarpaṇa, with water mixed with sesame and sandal, to the pitṛs named Agnishvātta, Barhishad, Havishmān, Ūshmapa, Sukālin, Bhauma, Somapa and Ājyapa (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 123).
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 123