[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) › v2.c4.s4.1061 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1061 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1061 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.1061](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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.’ - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.1060](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1060) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.1062](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1062) - [Up: v2.c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1061](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1061) · Pramāṇa