[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.s20.15 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.15 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.15 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.15) The Nakṣatras as Stars in the Rigveda and Later.—The sense of ‘star’ appears to be adequate for all or nearly all the passages in which Nakṣatra occurs in the Rigveda.⁷ The same sense occurs in the later Saṃhitās also: the sun and the Nakṣatras are mentioned together,⁸ or the sun, the moon, and the Nakṣatras,⁹ or the moon and the Nakṣatras,¹⁰ or the Nakṣatras alone;¹¹ but there is no necessity to attribute to the word the sense of ‘lunar mansion’ in these passages. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.14) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.16) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Saṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.15) · Pramāṇa