Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.834

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The morning is also, according to Zimmer, called api-śarvara,⁷ as the time when the dark is just past. It is named svasara,⁸ as the time when the cows are feeding, before the first milking at the saṃgava, or when the birds are awakening.⁹ It is also called pra-pitva,¹⁰ according to Zimmer.¹¹ But Geldner¹² points out that that term refers to the late midday, which also is called api-śarvara, as bordering on the coming night, being the time when day is hastening to its close, as in a race. From another point of view, evening is called abhi-pitva,¹³ the time when all come to rest. Or again, morning and evening are denoted as the dawning of the sun (uditā sūryasya), or its setting (ni-mruc). The midday is regularly madhyam ahnām,¹⁴ madhye,¹⁵ or madhyamdina. Saṃgava¹⁶ is the forenoon, between the early morning (prātar) and midday (madhyamdina).