Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s10.88

v2.c4.s10.88

Hāyana denotes a ‘year,’ usually in compounds.¹ In the Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā² and the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa³ the term appears as a designation of a species of red rice. As an adjective in the sense of ‘lasting a year’ or ‘recurring every year,’ it is applied to fever in the Atharvaveda.⁴