Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1061

v2.c4.s4.1061

Yāma, used in the plural, denotes in one passage of the Atharvaveda,¹ according to Roth,² the planets among which the sun (bhaga) wanders. But both Bloomfield³ and Whitney⁴ accept the sense—the regular one in the later language—of ‘night watches.’