[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.s18.668 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.668 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.668 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.668](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.668) Doṣā, ‘evening,’ is frequently referred to from the Rigveda¹ onwards,² usually as contrasted with uṣas, ‘dawn.’ In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad³ the word is contrasted with prātar, ‘early.’ See also Ahan. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.667](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.667) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.669](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.669) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (4) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.6.13.1) — Sanskrit - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.17) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.34.3) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.6.1.1) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.668](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.668) · Pramāṇa