[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.s18.647 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.647 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.647 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.647](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.646](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.646) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.648](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.648) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.7.1.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.647](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.647) · Pramāṇa