Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s17.284

v1.c3.s17.284

Tiṣya occurs twice in the Rigveda,¹ apparently as the name of a star,² though Sāyaṇa takes it to mean the sun. It is doubtless identical with the Avestan Tistrya. Later it is the name of a lunar mansion: see Nakṣatra.