Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.567

v1.c3.s20.567

Ni-vid denotes a brief invocation of the deity that is invited in a liturgy in honour of the god. The Brāhmaṇas¹ repeatedly mention Nivids as inserted in the Śastras (recitations), and the Khilas of the Rigveda² preserve among them a set of Nivids. But it is doubtful³ whether the habit of using such brief formulas—the Nivid is usually not more than a Pada or quarter-verse in length—is known to the Rigveda, though it has been seen even there,⁴ and the word Nivid is several times found in that Saṃhitā,⁵ but hardly in the technical sense of the Brāhmaṇas. In the later Saṃhitās⁶ the technical sense is common.