[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v3.c49.s3.3 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c49.s3.3 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c49.s3.3 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c49.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s3.3) ‘Śunāsīrau’ occurs in the Ṛgveda IV. 57. 5 and 8. In Ṛg. IV. 57. 4 and 8 the word ‘śunam’ occurs several times. The meaning is doubtful. According to Yāska’s Nirukta IX. 40 Śuna and Sīra mean Vāyu and Āditya respectively; while the Śat. Br. II. 6. 3. 2 appears to hold that \*śuna\* means prosperity and \*sīra\* means ‘essence or sap’ (\*sāra\*) and this iṣṭi is so called because the sacrificer thereby secures both prosperity and sap. - [Previous: v3.c49.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s3.2) - [Next: v3.c49.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s3.4) - [Up: v3.c49.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s3) ## Cites (3) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.40) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.4.57.5) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.6.3.2) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s3.3) · Pramāṇa