Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1080

v1.c3.s21.1080

Punaḥ-sara, ‘recurrent,’ is the epithet of the barking dog in the Rigveda,¹ which is told to bark at the thief. It refers, no doubt, to the dog’s practice of running to and fro when it barks. It is also applied to a plant, Apāmārga (*Achyranthes aspera*), in the Atharvaveda,² with the sense of ‘having revertent leaves.’