Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s15.2

v1.c3.s15.2

Chadis is used once in the Rigveda,¹ and not rarely later,² to denote the covering of a wagon or the thatch of a house, or something analogous to these. Weber³ thinks that in one passage of the Atharvaveda⁴ the word designates a constellation, and Whitney,⁵ who does not decide whether that interpretation is necessary, suggests that the constellation γ, ξ, η, π Aquarii may be meant, since the next verse mentions Viṛṭau, which is the constellation λ and ν Scorpionis, and is not far from Aquarius. See also Chardis.