The Arctic Home in the Vedas c12.51

c12.51

*Chatvârimshyâm*, in the Vedic passage under discussion, may be similarly taken to denote the fortieth *tithi* or day, and *sharadi* the season at the time, the two words being taken as independent locatives. The passage would then mean "Indra found Shambara dwelling on the mountains on the fortieth (scil. *tithi* or day) in autumn."