[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s15.2 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s15.2 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s15.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.s15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s15.1) - [Next: v1.c3.s15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s15.3) - [Up: v1.c3.s15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s15.2) · Pramāṇa