The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c16.s3.16

v1.c16.s3.16

The later tradition of Yāska² suggests that the distinction was drawn between Sūrya and Savitṛ in that the latter was the sun before his rising and after the dawn; but this conception is artificial, and is not supported by the Rigveda, where rather Savitṛ seems especially invoked at the beginning of the day and at its close, and his sound (*çloka*) may be compared to the Germanic belief in the noise emitted by the sun in his rising.³