[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.s18.428 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.428 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.428 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.428](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.427](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.427) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.429](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.429) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (3) - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.428](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.428) · Pramāṇa