Sanskrit

Noun

ग्रीवा • ‎(grīvā́) f

1. the back part of the neck, nape, neck (in the earlier literature generally used in plural)
   • RV 6.48.17d

     मा काकम्बीरमुद वर्हो वनस्पतिमशस्तीर्वि हि नीनशः |

     मोत सूरो अह एवा चन ग्रीवा आदधते वेः ||

     mā kākambīramud vṛho vanaspatimaśastīrvi hi nīnaśaḥ |

     mota sūro aha evā cana grīvā ādadhate veḥ ||

     Tear not up by the roots the Kakambira tree: destroy thou all malignity.

     Let them not snare by day the neck of that Celestial Bird the Sun.

Declension

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0374