Rig Veda, ta'ntra, nUl, and sUtra

[g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no]

Patrick Olivelle wrote on 04-04-97:
>We really do not know the type of loom that forms the basis of the
>metaphor. It appears that the weaver was located not behind the warp (as in
>modern hand-looms) but on the side where she (and it is mostly women!) can
>pass the shuttle back and forth. I have seen one reference that speaks of a
>pair of women weaving (can't think of the source); if so there may have
>been two women on either side of the loom passing the shuttle back and
>forth

The two weaving women at the loom are mentioned in the year allegory of the
Paushyaparvan of the Mahabharata (Mbh. 1.3.147,151,167,172).

Regards
                Georg v.Simson