Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.647

v1.c3.s18.647

1. Daiva (masc.) appears in the list of sciences in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad,¹ where Śaṅkara explains it as utpāta-jñāna, apparently the ‘knowledge of portents.’ The St. Petersburg Dictionary suggests that the word is here used adjectivally, and this view is followed by Little² and by Böhtlingk in his translation.³