Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.428
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.428
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v1.c3.s18.428
Divya Śvan, the ‘divine dog,’ in one passage of the Atharvaveda¹ appears to denote Canis major or Sirius. But Bloomfield² thinks that the two divine dogs referred to in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā³ and the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa⁴ are the sun and moon, and that the sun is meant in the Atharvaveda.
Linked texts (3)
- Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit