Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.830

v1.c3.830

The day itself is variously divided. In the Atharvaveda⁴ a division into ‘the rising sun’ (udyan sūryaḥ), ‘the coming together of the cows’ (saṃgava), ‘midday’ (madhyam-dina), ‘afternoon’ (aparāhṇa), and ‘sunset’ (astam-yan) is found. In the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa⁵ the same series appears with ‘early’ (prātar) and ‘evening’ (sāyaḥna) substituted for the first and last members, while a shorter list gives prātar, saṃgava, sāyam. In the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā⁶ there is the series ‘dawn’ (uṣas), saṃgava, madhyamdina, and aparāhṇa.