[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.s21.1080 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1080 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.1080 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.1080](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.1079](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1079) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.1081](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1081) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) ## Cites (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1080](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.1080) · Pramāṇa