Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.177
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.177
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v2.c4.s8.177
Śayāṇḍaka is the form in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā¹ of the name of an animal which in the Maitrāyaṇī² and Vājasaneyi Saṃhitās³ is written as Śayaṇḍaka. Some sort of bird is meant according to Roth,⁴ but the commentator on the Taittirīya Saṃhitā equates the word with Kṛkalāsa, ‘chameleon.’