Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.16

v1.c3.s20.16

⁷ See i. 50, 2; vii. 86, 1; x. 68, 11; iii, 7; used of the sun itself, vi. 67, 6 (as masculine); vii. 81, 2; x. 88, 13. The sun is allied with them, iii. 54, 19. Nakṣatra-śavas, ‘equalling the multitude of the stars,’ is used as an epithet in x. 21, 10. Even in x. 85, 2, where Soma, on the lap of the Nakṣatras, is mentioned, ‘stars’ would do; but, as this hymn refers to two of the later Nakṣatras, ‘lunar mansions’ may well be meant.