mechanism to stop a chariot, a safe guard “to prevent warriors from falling out”. SN.i.33 (Mrs Rh. D. trsl “leaning board”); Ja.vi.252 (variant reading upā˚; Kern trsl. “remhout”, i.e. brake).

“a Vedic term for the hinder part of a carriage” Morris J.P.T.S. 1886, 128; the “Vedic” unidentified