Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.92

v1.c3.s1.92

Āti, an aquatic bird. The Apsarases in the legend of Purūravas and Urvaśī appear to him like Ātis, probably swans.¹ The birds appear also in the list of animals in the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’),² where Mahīdhara³ renders them as the later Ādi (*Turdus ginginianus*), and Sāyaṇa⁴ quotes a view, according to which the Āti was the Cāṣa, or blue jay (*Coracias indica*).