[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.c5.69 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c5.69 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c5.69 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.69) Yuga.—Tilak¹ has pressed this word into his theory of the reminiscence in the Vedas of an arctic home. He finds in it the sense of ‘month,’ interpreting the legend of Dīrghatamas (= the sun) as an allusion to the arctic summer of ten months, followed by a night of two, traces of which he thinks exist in the notices of the seasons. This theory is, however, most improbable, as is his explanation² of the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa³ reference by the theory that it portrays the various stages of the life of the Āryans. - [Previous: v2.c5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.68) - [Next: v2.c5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.70) - [Up: v2.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c5.69) · Pramāṇa